BOXCAR COFFEE ROASTERS
1825 PEARL STREET, BOULDER, CO 80302
Last inspected Aug 31, 2026
Official source: Boulder County Public Health (bouldercounty.gov) · All data sources
Passed. Met health requirements at the latest inspection. Some health departments report pass/fail instead of letter grades.
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The record, in plain English
Boulder County Public Health reports one inspection on record for BOXCAR COFFEE ROASTERS, from August 2026.
The most recent inspection noted 5 violations, none of them critical.
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Inspection history
Aug 31, 2026
✓5 violations
- 3-501.19 Time as a Public Health Control (Pf) Facility keeps sandwiches out using TPHC. Only some of the sandwiches were date marked - the ones on the counter were not. within 4 hours. Facility lacks an approved Time as a Public Health Control plan for items kept out of temperature control. A Time as a Public Health Control written procedure template will be provided to operator to fill out and send back to inspector and keep on file at restaurant; and time stamp product that will be kept out of temperature control.
- 3-304.14 Wiping Cloths, Use Limitation (C). Wipe cloth for cleaning steam wand is not kept in sanitizer buckets or have any detectable sanitizer on them. All wet wipe cloths need to have detectable sanitizer on them for use on food contact surfaces. Education provided.
- 2-102.12(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C). No certified food safety manager (CFSM) for the facility on site at the time of inspection: At least one employee during all hours operation that has supervisory and management responsibility and the authority to direct and control food preparation and service shall be a certified food protection manager who has shown proficiency of required information through passing a test that is part of an accredited program. Education provided and email with inspection has the BCPH website link to trainings sent.
- 2-301.14(H) When to Wash (P). Observed employees changing tasks to put on gloves with no hand washing. Food employees shall clean their hands and exposed portions of their arms as specified under § 2-301.12 immediately before engaging in food preparation including working with exposed food, clean equipment and utensils, unwrapped single use items. (A) After touching bare human body parts other than clean hands and clean, exposed portions of arms; (B) After using the toilet room; (C) After caring for or handling animals; (D) Except as specified in 2-401.11(B), after coughing, sneezing, using a handkerchief or disposable tissue, using tobacco, eating, or drinking; (E) After handling soiled equipment or utensils (F) During food preparation, as often as necessary to remove soil and contamination and to prevent cross contamination when changing tasks; (G) When switching between working with raw FOOD and working with READY-TO-EAT FOOD; (H) Before donning gloves to initiate a task that involves working with FOOD; and (I) After engaging in other activities that contaminate the hands. Education provided.
- 3-501.16(A)(2) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, Hot and Cold Holding (P). Small drink cooler in barista station holding liquids at 49*F. Except during preparation, cooking, cooling, hot holding, or when time is used as the public health control time/temperature control for safety food shall be maintained at 41 degrees f or less. Milk moved to a different cooler until it is repaired, as it was in the cooler less than 4 hours.
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