300 Saratoga Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 22, 2017
• address300 Saratoga St, East Boston 02128

Is 300 Saratoga Cafe clean?

300 Saratoga Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 22, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at 300 Saratoga Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 22, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Cold Holding • Rice inside rice cooker left in room temperature registered 54F. PIC voluntarily discarded. Maintain PHFs for cold holding at 41F or below.critical
  Cold Holding • Rice inside rice cooker left in room temperature registered 54F. PIC voluntarily discarded. Maintain PHFs for cold holding at 41F or below.
• ⚠️Food Protection • Bread paper bags stored in the handwashing sink. Dicontinue. Store properly on a clean surface. Several food items stored on the floor at the lower level. Elevate 6 inches or above.
  Food Protection • Bread paper bags stored in the handwashing sink. Dicontinue. Store properly on a clean surface. Several food items stored on the floor at the lower level. Elevate 6 inches or above.
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided • No sanitizing test kit on site. Provide.
  Test Kit Provided • No sanitizing test kit on site. Provide.
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Wiping clothes stored soiled on the counters. Store properly in sanitizer solution.
  Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Wiping clothes stored soiled on the counters. Store properly in sanitizer solution.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Can opener at the lower level with rust. Remove rust and clean properly or replace.
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Can opener at the lower level with rust. Remove rust and clean properly or replace.
• ⚠️Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage • Not-in use equipment stored on the floor at the lower level. Elevate properly.
  Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage • Not-in use equipment stored on the floor at the lower level. Elevate properly.
• ⚠️Location Accessible • Handwashing sink near the cooking line blocked with equipment in front and used to store equipment. PIC removed them. Keep accessible all the time and use for hand washing only. Hand washing at bar area used to store bags with brad. PIC removed breads. Use for handwashing only.critical
  Location Accessible • Handwashing sink near the cooking line blocked with equipment in front and used to store equipment. PIC removed them. Keep accessible all the time and use for hand washing only. Hand washing at bar area used to store bags with brad. PIC removed breads. Use for handwashing only.
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Hand washing sink at the bar area without soap and paper towel. Handwashing sink at the lower level without paper towel soap and proper signage. Provide.
  Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Hand washing sink at the bar area without soap and paper towel. Handwashing sink at the lower level without paper towel soap and proper signage. Provide.
• ⚠️PIC Knowledge • No CFPM certificate ( Example- Serve Safe) posted on site. Provide.critical
  PIC Knowledge • No CFPM certificate ( Example- Serve Safe) posted on site. Provide.

When was 300 Saratoga Cafe last inspected?

300 Saratoga Cafe has 7 inspections on record going back to March 17, 2017.

300 Saratoga Cafe vs East Boston

East Boston runs 92% clean across 529 tracked restaurants — 472 clean, 19 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 529 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 7% of them.

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How Boston grades restaurants

Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 22, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.