Food (ice) contact surfaces are improperly designed, constructed, installed, located (cracks, open seams, pitted surfaces, tin cans reused, uncleanable or corroded food contact surfaces)
New York State · restaurant inspection
PANERA BREAD - 161 WASH. AVE EXT
161 WASHINGTON AVENUE EXTENSION, ALBANY, NY 12203
Inspection outcome
Violation findings publishedPublished result
—Numeric score not supplied
5Recorded 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 4 |
Local health department: Albany County
What the inspector recorded
Non food contact surfaces of equipment not clean
Precooked, refrigerated potentially hazardous food is not reheated to 165�F or above within two hours.
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)
Improper thawing procedures used
Published inspection history
27 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2025Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Jan 22, 2024Re-Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Jan 3, 2024Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Feb 22, 2023Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Jan 20, 2022Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Oct 18, 2021Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Aug 18, 2020Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Feb 28, 2020Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Mar 13, 2019Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Oct 3, 2018Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Sep 6, 2017Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Oct 14, 2016Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Mar 26, 2015Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Mar 6, 2014Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Feb 25, 2013Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Mar 20, 2012Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Feb 22, 2011Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Apr 15, 2010Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Mar 31, 2009Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Apr 4, 2008Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Nov 26, 2007 · this eventInspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Oct 31, 2006Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Feb 11, 2005Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Feb 13, 2004Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Jan 23, 2003Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Sep 5, 2002Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
| Nov 2, 2001Inspection | Violation findings published | — |
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