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Black Ruby Tea & Coffee
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 26, 2008
- address714 Commonwealth Av, Boston 02215
Is Black Ruby Tea & Coffee clean?
Black Ruby Tea & Coffee is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 26, 2008. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Black Ruby Tea & Coffee?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 26, 2008, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food ProtectionFood Protection
- ⚠️Equipment ThermometersEquipment Thermometers
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces CleanNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of FloorsImproper Maintenance of Floors
- ⚠️Premises MaintainedPremises Maintained
When was Black Ruby Tea & Coffee last inspected?
Black Ruby Tea & Coffee has 3 inspections on record going back to March 26, 2008.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| April 9, 2008 | — | |
| March 26, 2008 | Fail |
Black Ruby Tea & Coffee vs Fenway
Fenway runs 89% clean across 433 tracked restaurants — 379 clean, 23 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 433 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 March 26, 2008. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.