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The Purple Shell

⚠️ This facility has been closed 2 times by the Health Department
Latest: PASS August 1, 2024

📍 Neighborhood: South Boston

🚇 Nearest Transit: Broadway (Red Line)

Address
11 W BROADWAY
South Boston, MA 02127
Inspection History
22 inspections
10 failures
2 closures
License
License #398702
Last inspected: August 1, 2024

Inspection History (22 most recent)

PASS August 1, 2024 at 4:41 PM
8 violations
590.002(C)/2-102.12-C - (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C): Expired food safety certificate. Provide | 590.004/4-302.14-PF - Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf): Missing testing device for low temp dishmachine. Provide | 590.004/4-60...
FAIL July 24, 2024 at 4:27 PM
8 violations
590.002(C)/2-102.12-C - (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C): Expired food safety certificate. Provide | 590.004/4-302.14-PF - Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf): Missing testing device for low temp dishmachine. Provide | 590.004/4-60...
PASS February 27, 2024 at 5:36 PM
9 violations
590.002(C)/2-102.12-C - (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C): Current servesafe expired. Provide and post accordingly | 590.003/3-101.11-P - Safe Unadulterated and Honestly Presented (P): Observed unwrapped food products in the deep freezer ...
FAIL February 20, 2024 at 7:28 PM
9 violations
590.002(C)/2-102.12-C - (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C): Current servesafe expired. Provide and post accordingly | 590.003/3-101.11-P - Safe Unadulterated and Honestly Presented (P): Observed unwrapped food products in the deep freezer ...
PASS W/ CONDITIONS January 3, 2024 at 8:23 PM
0 violations
PASS September 28, 2023 at 5:34 PM
6 violations
590.004/4-601.11-C - (B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C): Clean/sanitze all equipment and and food contact surfaces in all affected areas. | 590.004/4-602.13-C - Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C): Cl...
🚫 CLOSURE March 9, 2023 at 2:10 PM
6 violations
590.004/4-601.11-C - (B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C): Clean/sanitze all equipment and and food contact surfaces in all affected areas. | 590.004/4-602.13-C - Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C): Cl...
🚫 CLOSURE February 5, 2023 at 7:47 PM
5 violations
590.002(D)/2-103.11-PF - (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf): Sprinkler pipe break at the location dining room & parts of the kitchen floors are flooded ceilings damaged PIC instructed to have pipe repaired wall/ceiling damage repaired clean ...
PASS W/ CONDITIONS February 3, 2023 at 6:22 PM
3 violations
590.002/2-401.11-C - Eating Drinking or Using Tobacco (C): Strong odor of tobacco smoke in kitchen with visible smoke. COS | 590.004/4-501.11-C - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C): Error message appearing on digital read gauge at d...
FAIL January 3, 2023 at 7:01 PM
11 violations
590.002/2-301.12-P - Cleaning Procedure (P): No food employee handwashing observed during inspection. Retrain staff. Maintain all handsinks accesible and fully stocked with soap and paper towels. | 590.002(D)/2-103.11-PF - (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge...
FAIL December 28, 2022 at 6:16 PM
11 violations
590.002/2-301.12-P - Cleaning Procedure (P): No food employee handwashing observed during inspection. Retrain staff. Maintain all handsinks accesible and fully stocked with soap and paper towels. | 590.002(D)/2-103.11-PF - (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge...
PASS August 19, 2022 at 5:50 PM
11 violations
590.002/2-301.12-P - Cleaning Procedure (P): Employees are not washing hands with the proper frequency with both cookline handsinks in disrepair. Employees directed to use functioning handsink in warewashing area. | 590.002(B)/2-102.11-PF - (A) (...
FAIL August 17, 2022 at 5:46 PM
11 violations
590.002/2-301.12-P - Cleaning Procedure (P): Employees are not washing hands with the proper frequency with both cookline handsinks in disrepair. Employees directed to use functioning handsink in warewashing area. | 590.002(B)/2-102.11-PF - (A) (...
PASS March 4, 2022 at 7:32 PM
12 violations
590.002(D)/2-103.11-PF - (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf): Responded to the location while on call for a report of a fire. Upon arrival I met with PIC Jerry Chen who explained that there was a small fire at the wok station. The ansul system di...
PASS W/ CONDITIONS March 3, 2022 at 6:35 PM
17 violations
590.002(B)/2-102.11-PF - (A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf): Priority violations cited. Provide active managerial control. | 590.003/3-302.11-P - Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P): Observed raw p...
FAIL February 24, 2022 at 5:45 PM
17 violations
590.002(B)/2-102.11-PF - (A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf): Priority violations cited. Provide active managerial control. | 590.003/3-302.11-P - Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P): Observed raw p...
PASS W/ CONDITIONS December 16, 2021 at 7:54 PM
3 violations
590.003/3-202.17-C - Shucked Shellfish Packaging and Identification (C): Although only one kind of shellfish is available - keep identification tags in chronological order and on site for a minimum of 90 days as we discussed during inspection | 5...
PASS July 23, 2021 at 1:07 PM
9 violations
590.003/3-304.14-C - Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C): Set up as discussed | 590.004/4-101.19-C - Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C): Clean exterior of all cooking equipment refrigeration equipment freezers and exterior of bulk food storage bins from...
FAIL July 16, 2021 at 7:11 PM
9 violations
590.003/3-304.14-C - Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C): Set up as discussed | 590.004/4-101.19-C - Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C): Clean exterior of all cooking equipment refrigeration equipment freezers and exterior of bulk food storage bins from...
PASS March 12, 2021 at 7:16 PM
22 violations
590.002(D)/2-103.11-PF - (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf): Sushi [ PIC ] is not filling out the HACCP log book properly address as discussed during inspection | 590.003/3-202.16-P - Ice (P): Clean interior lid of ice machine as well as the pe...
FAIL March 5, 2021 at 5:59 PM
22 violations
590.002(D)/2-103.11-PF - (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf): Sushi [ PIC ] is not filling out the HACCP log book properly address as discussed during inspection | 590.003/3-202.16-P - Ice (P): Clean interior lid of ice machine as well as the pe...
PASS February 24, 2020 at 6:23 PM
0 violations
Data sourced directly from Boston Inspectional Services Department