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Baguette Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 10, 2026
- address224 Newbury St, Boston 02116
Is Baguette Cafe clean?
Baguette Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 10, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Baguette Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Employees handling and preparing foods not wearing hair restraints; provide effective hair restraints for food handlers.Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Employees handling and preparing foods not wearing hair restraints; provide effective hair restraints for food handlers.
- ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No procedures to clean up a vomit and diarrhea event was able to be presented during the inspection; provide.Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No procedures to clean up a vomit and diarrhea event was able to be presented during the inspection; provide.
- ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • The designated persons in charge were not able to answer any questions regarding food safety temperatures illness policy and sanitization. Provide a person in charge when the Certified Food Protection Manager is not on site that is knowlegable about food safety illness policy and sanitization.(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • The designated persons in charge were not able to answer any questions regarding food safety temperatures illness policy and sanitization. Provide a person in charge when the Certified Food Protection Manager is not on site that is knowlegable about food safety illness policy and sanitization.
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Did not observe any cold holding units with an internal thermometer; provide internal thermometers for all cold holding units.Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Did not observe any cold holding units with an internal thermometer; provide internal thermometers for all cold holding units.
- ⚠️Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • No food thermometer was able to be presented during the inspection; provide a thin stemmed food thermometer capable of measuring cold and hot foods.Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • No food thermometer was able to be presented during the inspection; provide a thin stemmed food thermometer capable of measuring cold and hot foods.
- ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • Handwashing sink in bathroom lacks signage; provide handwashing signage at all handwashing sinks.Handwashing Signage (C) • Handwashing sink in bathroom lacks signage; provide handwashing signage at all handwashing sinks.
When was Baguette Cafe last inspected?
Baguette Cafe has 5 inspections on record going back to September 2, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 10, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 3, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 6, 2025 | Fail | |
| September 2, 2025 | Pass |
Baguette Cafe vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, 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 June 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.