Anthony's Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 12, 2022
• address252 Commercial St, Boston 02109

Is Anthony's Cafe clean?

Anthony's Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 12, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Anthony's Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 12, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cold cuts @ 48f ensure proper cold hold of 41f or belowcritical
  (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cold cuts @ 48f ensure proper cold hold of 41f or below
• ⚠️Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C) • Hood baffles with grease build up clean to remove
  Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C) • Hood baffles with grease build up clean to remove

When was Anthony's Cafe last inspected?

Anthony's Cafe has 46 inspections on record going back to January 22, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Anthony's 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 July 12, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.