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Amsterdam Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 22, 2018
- address483 E Broadway, South Boston 02127
Is Amsterdam Cafe clean?
Amsterdam Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 22, 2018. 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 October 22, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Container Labels • Several containers of foods being stored in freezers without labels. Provide proper labels.Food Container Labels • Several containers of foods being stored in freezers without labels. Provide proper labels.
- ⚠️Food Protection • Bag or sugar stored on floor in dry storage closet. Elevate all foods atleast 6" off the floor.Food Protection • Bag or sugar stored on floor in dry storage closet. Elevate all foods atleast 6" off the floor.
- ⚠️Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • Food workers observed without hair restraints. Provide.Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • Food workers observed without hair restraints. Provide.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Trash bags being used to store ice cream logs in coffin freezer. Discontinue. Use food grade NSF storage containers.Food Contact Surfaces Design • Trash bags being used to store ice cream logs in coffin freezer. Discontinue. Use food grade NSF storage containers.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Inside freezers with excessive buildup of frost. Clean to remove.Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Inside freezers with excessive buildup of frost. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • Drian pipe under ice cream mixing machine is leaking. Repair. Compliant air gap in place.Installed and Maintained • Drian pipe under ice cream mixing machine is leaking. Repair. Compliant air gap in place.
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Evidence of rodent activity in dry storage closet with what appears to be mice droppings. Provide updated IPM pest control report upon reinspection.Insects Rodents Animals • Evidence of rodent activity in dry storage closet with what appears to be mice droppings. Provide updated IPM pest control report upon reinspection.
- ⚠️Medicines FirstAid Storage • Cough drops observed stored on top of cookline flip top refrigerated unit. Remove.criticalMedicines FirstAid Storage • Cough drops observed stored on top of cookline flip top refrigerated unit. Remove.
When was Amsterdam Cafe last inspected?
Amsterdam Cafe has 21 inspections on record going back to March 22, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| August 19, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| October 22, 2018 | Pass | |
| October 15, 2018 | Fail | |
| January 25, 2017 | — | |
| May 24, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2016 | Fail | |
| November 3, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 19, 2015 | Fail | |
| January 29, 2015 | Pass | |
| January 15, 2015 | Fail | |
| March 25, 2014 | Pass |
Amsterdam Cafe vs South Boston
South Boston runs 91% clean across 192 tracked restaurants — 163 clean, 9 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 192 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 October 22, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.