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Amsterdam Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 5, 2013
- address517 Columbus Av, Boston 02118
Is Amsterdam Cafe clean?
Amsterdam Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 5, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Amsterdam Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 5, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • card board and paper lining cold unit shelving discontinue to allow a smooth durable cleanable surfaceNon-Food Contact Surfaces • card board and paper lining cold unit shelving discontinue to allow a smooth durable cleanable surface
- ⚠️Test Kit Provided • no test kit to measured chlorine sanitizer supplyTest Kit Provided • no test kit to measured chlorine sanitizer supply
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Plastic bowls to reheat foods with soils clean to remove or replaceFood Contact Surfaces Clean • Plastic bowls to reheat foods with soils clean to remove or replace
- ⚠️Location Accessible • equipment piled in hand sink discontinue to allow proper access to wash handscriticalLocation Accessible • equipment piled in hand sink discontinue to allow proper access to wash hands
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • floors in downstairs prep/ware washing area with debris and old droppings along walls clean to removeImproper Maintenance of Floors • floors in downstairs prep/ware washing area with debris and old droppings along walls clean to remove
When was Amsterdam Cafe last inspected?
Amsterdam Cafe has 30 inspections on record going back to June 6, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| January 8, 2014 | closed by the city | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| April 5, 2013 | Pass | |
| March 27, 2013 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| September 24, 2012 | Pass | |
| September 17, 2012 | Fail | |
| March 22, 2012 | — | |
| November 4, 2011 | Pass | |
| October 28, 2011 | Fail | |
| October 21, 2011 | Fail |
Amsterdam Cafe vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 April 5, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.