Zocalo Cocina Mexicana

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings11
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Food Utensil Storage
  Inspector note: bar ice bin/provide scoop with handle
  code 10-4.302.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design
  Inspector note: resurface all worn white cutting boards
  code 14-4-202.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
  Inspector note: walk in freezer/defrost condensor
  code 15-4-202.16* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities
  Inspector note: lower dishmachine/repair unit 3 bay sink/repair sanitizer pump to provide sanitizer at 200ppm
  code 16-4-501.11/.15* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Equipment Thermometers
  Inspector note: bar/provide internal thermometer to reach in unit wait station/provide thermometer to reach in unit
  code 17-4-204.112/.115* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: bar dishmachine/clean exterior of unit and gauges bar/clean all silver and black shelving bar/clean interior of reach in units wait station/clean all shelving and reach in units
  code 23-4-602.13* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained
  Inspector note: lower bar/repair leak from dishmachine lower bar handsink/repair hot water faucet to provide stronger flow of hot water
  code 29-5-201/02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
  Inspector note: bar handsink/provide refill of liquid pump soap rear wait station handsink/provide liquid soap and paper towels in dispenser hot line handsink/provide employee must wash hands signage restroom/provide employee must wash hands signage
  code 32-6-301.11-02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
  Inspector note: dining room/replace damaged floor tile bar/clean floor area under all shelving at front of bar and rear storage
  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: ice machine/replace missing ceiling tile mop sink/clean light shield dishroom/remove mold like substance from walls and clean light shield
  code 37-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Premises Maintained
  Inspector note: lower bar/clean/organize storage rooms
  code 42-6-501.113/.114* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 12, 2015: 11 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.

Source: Analyze Boston.