Non-food contact surfaces and equipment are improperly designed, constructed, installed, maintained (equipment not readily accessible for cleaning, surface not smooth finish)
New York State · restaurant inspection
PANERA BREAD #990
21872 TOWNE CENTER DRIVE, WATERTOWN, NY 13601
Inspection outcome
Violation findings publishedPublished result
—Numeric score not supplied
4Recorded violation entries
New York State publishes critical and noncritical findings and optional inspector comments. Counts are not a pass/fail result or an NYC grade. Source rows are grouped by operation, inspection date and visit type; conflicting totals remain visible.
Published violation totals and comments
Rows are grouped by the state operation ID, inspection date and visit type because this dataset does not supply a unique visit ID. The state does not supply a letter grade or pass/fail result here.
| Critical findings | Critical, not corrected during visit | Noncritical findings |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 4 |
Local health department: Watertown District Office
Inspector’s narrative
- Facility busy at time of inspection - Overall facility clean and well maintained - All cold holding tested acceptable < 45F - all hot holding tested acceptable, soups @ 170F
What the inspector recorded
Wiping cloths dirty, not stored properly in sanitizing solutions
Food not protected during storage, preparation, display, transportation and service, from potential sources of contamination (e.g., food uncovered, mislabeled, stored on floor, missing or inadequate sneeze guards, food containers double stacked)
In use food dispensing utensils improperly stored
Published inspection history
19 events available for this business identifier or exact business/address match. These sources retain their own historical coverage; New York State groups rows by operation, date and visit type; Boston uses license, exact result timestamp and result code. It may not contain every visit.
| Date & visit | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 2026Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Jan 9, 2025Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Jun 30, 2023Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Aug 22, 2022Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Dec 21, 2021Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Jan 17, 2020Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| May 9, 2019Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Jun 19, 2018Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Jun 20, 2017 · this eventInspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Jul 18, 2016Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Jun 19, 2015Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Mar 4, 2014Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Jul 25, 2013Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Aug 24, 2011Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Aug 4, 2010Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Sep 1, 2009Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| May 27, 2008Re-Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Feb 21, 2008Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Feb 6, 2007Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
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