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Al's State St. Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 18, 2024
- address112 State St, Boston 02109
Is Al's State St. Cafe clean?
Al's State St. Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 18, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Al's State St. Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 18, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️2024 Health Permit not paid ensure payment2024 Health Permit not paid ensure payment
When was Al's State St. Cafe last inspected?
Al's State St. Cafe has 76 inspections on record going back to December 26, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| March 18, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 7, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 20, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| July 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 6, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 29, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 15, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 14, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 8, 2023 | — | |
| February 1, 2023 | Fail |
Al's State St. Cafe vs North End
North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 March 18, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.