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Blank Street Coffee
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 8, 2026
- address123 Pinckney St, Boston 02114
Is Blank Street Coffee clean?
Blank Street Coffee is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 8, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Blank Street Coffee?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • The handwashing sink at the barista area is broken and the person in charge states a work ticket has been placed for their maintenance team to fix the handwashing sink but it has been several weeks since the ticket has been placed. There is another handwashing sink on the same floor within fifteen feet that is working that staff have been using to wash their hands. Repair or replace the broken handwashing sink in the barista area. The utility sink directly next to the handwashing sink will be used as a temporary handwashing sink and all liquids will be placed in a bucket and brought to the back of house to be disposed of in the three compartment sink until the handwashing sink is fixed and the utility sink may be used as a utility sink again.System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • The handwashing sink at the barista area is broken and the person in charge states a work ticket has been placed for their maintenance team to fix the handwashing sink but it has been several weeks since the ticket has been placed. There is another handwashing sink on the same floor within fifteen feet that is working that staff have been using to wash their hands. Repair or replace the broken handwashing sink in the barista area. The utility sink directly next to the handwashing sink will be used as a temporary handwashing sink and all liquids will be placed in a bucket and brought to the back of house to be disposed of in the three compartment sink until the handwashing sink is fixed and the utility sink may be used as a utility sink again.
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • The shelves below the handwashing sink in the barista area are damaged or missing per the person in charge; repair or replace the missing shelves below the handwashing sink in the barista area.Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • The shelves below the handwashing sink in the barista area are damaged or missing per the person in charge; repair or replace the missing shelves below the handwashing sink in the barista area.
When was Blank Street Coffee last inspected?
Blank Street Coffee has 18 inspections on record going back to November 10, 2022. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 8, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 26, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 31, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 23, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 16, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 17, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 27, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 11, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 3, 2024 | Fail |
Blank Street Coffee 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 July 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.