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Appleton Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 10, 2013
- address123 Appleton St, Boston 02116
Is Appleton Cafe clean?
Appleton Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 10, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Appleton Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 10, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • equipment with debris clean to removeNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • equipment with debris clean to remove
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • floors with debris clean to removeImproper Maintenance of Floors • floors with debris clean to remove
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • walls with debris clean to removeImproper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • walls with debris clean to remove
When was Appleton Cafe last inspected?
Appleton Cafe has 9 inspections on record going back to July 22, 2011.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 10, 2013 | Pass | |
| January 9, 2013 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| September 10, 2012 | Pass | |
| February 2, 2012 | Pass | |
| January 26, 2012 | Fail | |
| October 25, 2011 | Pass | |
| July 27, 2011 | Pass | |
| July 22, 2011 | 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 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 January 10, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.