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Blue Hill Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 28, 2020
- address491B Blue Hill Av, Dorchester 02121
Is Blue Hill Cafe clean?
Blue Hill Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 28, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Blue Hill Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 28, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • Person in charge at the establishment was unable to properly set up sanitizer. Review procedures(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • Person in charge at the establishment was unable to properly set up sanitizer. Review procedures
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Knives stored between prep sink and wall. Utensils stored in stagnant water- DiscontinueIn-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Knives stored between prep sink and wall. Utensils stored in stagnant water- Discontinue
- ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Foods stored in store bags in refrigeration and freezers- Provide food grade quality for storage of foodsMiscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Foods stored in store bags in refrigeration and freezers- Provide food grade quality for storage of foods
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Prepared foods in refrigeration with no labels or preparation/ discard dates- ProvideReady-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Prepared foods in refrigeration with no labels or preparation/ discard dates- Provide
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No test kit available for quats sanitizerSanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No test kit available for quats sanitizer
When was Blue Hill Cafe last inspected?
Blue Hill Cafe has 9 inspections on record going back to July 10, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| August 28, 2020 | Pass | |
| August 21, 2020 | Fail | |
| February 18, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 18, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 10, 2020 | Fail | |
| February 10, 2020 | Fail | |
| July 16, 2019 | Pass | |
| July 10, 2019 | Fail |
Blue Hill Cafe vs Roxbury
Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.
Against the 708 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 August 28, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.