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Boston News Cafe (90 Arch St.)
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 2, 2026
- address90 Arch St, Boston 02110
Is Boston News Cafe (90 Arch St.) clean?
Boston News Cafe (90 Arch St.) is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 2, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Boston News Cafe (90 Arch St.)?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 2, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Squeeze bottles observed without labels. Provide.Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Squeeze bottles observed without labels. Provide.
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Chicken salad at 66F on the prodcution line. Moved to refrigeration unit. Ensure proper cold holding at 41F or below.critical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Chicken salad at 66F on the prodcution line. Moved to refrigeration unit. Ensure proper cold holding at 41F or below.
- ⚠️Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Hazelnut syrup observed expired in February 2026. White Chocolate expired 6.1.26. Discarded. Ensure proper rotation.Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Hazelnut syrup observed expired in February 2026. White Chocolate expired 6.1.26. Discarded. Ensure proper rotation.
When was Boston News Cafe (90 Arch St.) last inspected?
Boston News Cafe (90 Arch St.) has 39 inspections on record going back to May 17, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 2, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 25, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 29, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 22, 2024 | — | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| January 4, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 13, 2022 | — |
Boston News Cafe (90 Arch St.) vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.