Cooked?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 Protection
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
- ⚠️Premises Maintained
Black Ruby Tea & Coffee inspection and administrative history
Black Ruby Tea & Coffee has 3 inspections on record going back to March 26, 2008.
December 30, 2012 Inspection not required
This is an administrative record, not a health inspection.
View full inspection →April 9, 2008 Administrative record filed
This is an administrative record, not a health inspection.
View full inspection →March 26, 2008 Fail
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View full inspection →Black Ruby Tea & Coffee vs Fenway
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Against the 424 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
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.
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