Boston News Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 1, 2026
• address260 Franklin St, Boston 02110

Is Boston News Cafe clean?

Boston News Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 1, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Boston News Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf) • Soap dispenser at counter area hand sink is damaged. Repair as necessary.
  Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf) • Soap dispenser at counter area hand sink is damaged. Repair as necessary.
• ⚠️Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Multiple bottles of coffee flavoring syrup observed expired. PIC discarded. Ensure proper rotation.
  Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Multiple bottles of coffee flavoring syrup observed expired. PIC discarded. Ensure proper rotation.

When was Boston News Cafe last inspected?

Boston News Cafe has 6 inspections on record going back to September 26, 2023.

Boston News Cafe 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 April 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.