Zocalo Cocina Mexicana

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: ice machine/clean/sanitize interior ice machine panels to remove mold like substance
  code 22-4-601/602.11** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Official wording: Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
  Inspector note: ice machine/replace missing ceiling tile
  code 37-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

Checks marked passed

• ✓Separation Segregation Cross Contaminationcritical
  Inspector note: walk in/properly store all raw foods
  code 08-3-302.11/3-304.11*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓Prevention of Contamination from Handscritical
  Inspector note: wait station/observed wait staff fill chip bowl and handle chips with bare hands
  code 12-3--301.11*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓Number Convenientcritical
  Inspector note: guacamole station in dining room/provide proper handsink
  code 31-5-203.11*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Container Labels
  Inspector note: properly label all bulk food bins
  code 02-3-602.11-.12/3-302.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓PHF's Properly Thawed
  Inspector note: 3 bay sink/properly defrost all meats under running water
  code 06-3-501.13* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Protection
  Inspector note: wait station/provide cover to chip container and properly submerge all food items in ice properly defrost all foods in prep sink dry storage room behind lower bar/provide scoop with handle for all bulk food bins guacamole station in dining room/provide proper food protection for opened bulk foods
  code 08-3-305-307.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Contact Surfaces Design
  Inspector note: remove/replace all cracked bulk food containers and covers replace/resurface all worn white cutting boards
  code 14-4-202.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Non-Food Contact Surfaces
  Inspector note: walk in freezer/defrost condensor
  code 15-4-202.16* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Equipment Thermometers
  Inspector note: kitchen/provide internal thermometers to all reach in units
  code 17-4-204.112/.115* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Installed and Maintained
  Inspector note: upper bar and hot line handsink and lower mens restroom/provide stronger flow of hot water to handsink
  code 29-5-201/02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
  Inspector note: lower bar handsink/provide refill of paper towels
  code 32-6-301.11-02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Inadequate Lighting
  Inspector note: ice machine/replace burnt out light
  code 38-6-303.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Premises Maintained
  Inspector note: clean/organize rear room at lower bar
  code 42-6-501.113/.114* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on June 12, 2014: 2 findings recurred. 13 previous findings did not recur.

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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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