Blank Street Coffee

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 18, 2026
• address48 W Broadway, South Boston 02127

Is Blank Street Coffee clean?

Blank Street Coffee is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 18, 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 June 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • Provide and Post the Certified Food Protection manager certificate for customers to view
  (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • Provide and Post the Certified Food Protection manager certificate for customers to view
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed soils inside ice chute of ice machine; matcha spills on reach in unit in back room and at coffee station. Clean with frequency to remove soils / spills.
  (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed soils inside ice chute of ice machine; matcha spills on reach in unit in back room and at coffee station. Clean with frequency to remove soils / spills.
• ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Observed dumped ice and cleaning brush inside service counter handsink. Discussed with PIC to remove and utilize handsink for handwashing only. COS
  Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Observed dumped ice and cleaning brush inside service counter handsink. Discussed with PIC to remove and utilize handsink for handwashing only. COS
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Observed fly activity in back area and upstair storage. Provide current pest report for services
  Controlling Pests (Pf) • Observed fly activity in back area and upstair storage. Provide current pest report for services

When was Blank Street Coffee last inspected?

Blank Street Coffee has 5 inspections on record going back to October 6, 2025.

Blank Street Coffee vs Chinatown

Chinatown runs 85% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 22 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, 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 June 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.