Wagamama Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings7
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Adequate Handwashing/Where/When/Howcritical
  Inspector note: Employees without adequate means to properly wash hands. Ensure employees washing hands with proper frequency between tasks.
  code 12-2-301.12-.15*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods
  Inspector note: Observed cookline employees portioning shrimp and sprout dish in impermeable plastic bags stacked in a deep plasting container with temperature of 56F. Ensure foods are cooled properly to 41F or below before packaged in plastic bags. Discussed change in methods with chef Barnaby to remedy.
  code 04-3-501.15/4-301.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
  Inspector note: Latch at basement walkin cooler in disrepair held together with duct tape. Repair/replace latch so unit tightly closes properly.
  code 15-4-202.16* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained
  Inspector note: Noodle boiler unit at cookline drain in disrepair. Hot water from unit has melted PVC waste drain that water from unit drains into at a high temperature per conversation on phone with contractor Peter Walsh. Establishment must discontinue using noodle boiler unit until drain has been replaced and repaired. When unit drains waste water is leaking into basement area next to walk in cooler. Contractor to provide detailed plumbers report to healt division via email per phone conversation.
  code 29-5-201/02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
  Inspector note: Handsink in downstairs prep area with no soap and paper towels. Cookline handsink without working soap or paper towel dispenser. Provide operable soap and paper towel dispensers fully stocked at all handsinks.
  code 32-6-301.11-02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
  Inspector note: Cookline floor with several broken tiles and missing grout. Repair/regrout floors.
  code 36-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Official wording: Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
  Inspector note: Hood sticker at cookline expired. Hood sticker at dish machine duct vent expired. Provide updated properly hole punched hood stickers from licensed BFD hood maintenance company.
  code 37-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on October 19, 2015: 7 findings appeared for the first time.

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This record comes from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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