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Appleton Cafe
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 25, 2019
- address123 Appleton St, Boston 02116
Is Appleton Cafe clean?
Appleton Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 25, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Appleton Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 25, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • provide clean up kit and written proceduresClean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • provide clean up kit and written procedures
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • ice machine/clean sanitize interior of unit(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • ice machine/clean sanitize interior of unit
- ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • basement/resurface worn floor walk in/resurface floorSurface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • basement/resurface worn floor walk in/resurface floor
- ⚠️Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • resurface worn ceilingWalls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • resurface worn ceiling
When was Appleton Cafe last inspected?
Appleton Cafe has 11 inspections on record going back to July 31, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| August 1, 2019 | — | |
| July 25, 2019 | Fail | |
| March 1, 2019 | — | |
| February 22, 2019 | Fail | |
| November 16, 2018 | — | |
| November 9, 2018 | Fail | |
| July 6, 2018 | — | |
| June 29, 2018 | Fail | |
| August 14, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 31, 2017 | Fail |
Appleton 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 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 July 25, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.