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Ashburton Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 28, 2026
- address1 Ashburton Pl, Boston 02108
Is Ashburton Cafe clean?
Ashburton Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 28, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Ashburton Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 28, 2026, 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) • Diced tomatoes on the cookline recorded 44.5F and Parfait Yogurt at Grab and go 44F.Monitor and as discussed with the PIC to chill the product before storing for servicecritical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Diced tomatoes on the cookline recorded 44.5F and Parfait Yogurt at Grab and go 44F.Monitor and as discussed with the PIC to chill the product before storing for service
- ⚠️Food Labels (Pf) • Noted several food products at grab and go without proper labelling requirements.ProvideFood Labels (Pf) • Noted several food products at grab and go without proper labelling requirements.Provide
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Hand washing sink in the dish room blocked by a mop bucket .Remove and provide easy access to the hand sinkUsing a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Hand washing sink in the dish room blocked by a mop bucket .Remove and provide easy access to the hand sink
When was Ashburton Cafe last inspected?
Ashburton Cafe has 70 inspections on record going back to November 14, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 28, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 21, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 21, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 12, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 14, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| November 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 15, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 8, 2023 | — | |
| February 7, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 24, 2023 | Fail |
Ashburton Cafe vs Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill runs 85% clean across 149 tracked restaurants — 123 clean, 10 mid, 11 cooked.
Against the 149 spots Cooked tracks in Beacon Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.