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Brown Sugar Cafe
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 4, 2021
- address1033 Commonwealth Av, Boston 02134
Is Brown Sugar Cafe clean?
Brown Sugar Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 4, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Brown Sugar Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 4, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • keep all in use wiing cloths in a sanitizing solution.Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • keep all in use wiing cloths in a sanitizing solution.
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • keep food products 6 inches off the floor of the both walk in freezersFood Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • keep food products 6 inches off the floor of the both walk in freezers
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • provide proper date mark for RTE foods stored in the reach in cooler. Date mark should be 7 days from prep time with prep date counting as one of the days.Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • provide proper date mark for RTE foods stored in the reach in cooler. Date mark should be 7 days from prep time with prep date counting as one of the days.
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • provide a thermometer for the 3 door reach in without a thermometer.Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • provide a thermometer for the 3 door reach in without a thermometer.
- ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • repair or replace cracked cover to the bulk rice container. Remove all tin foil wrapped arond the grill and the shelf below the grill. Repair or replace broken ice machine door.Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • repair or replace cracked cover to the bulk rice container. Remove all tin foil wrapped arond the grill and the shelf below the grill. Repair or replace broken ice machine door.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • clean the exterior of the vlue flour container.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • clean the exterior of the vlue flour container.
- ⚠️8.304.14 (A)- Post the 2021 Health Permit in a conspicious place8.304.14 (A)- Post the 2021 Health Permit in a conspicious place
When was Brown Sugar Cafe last inspected?
Brown Sugar Cafe has 42 inspections on record going back to March 1, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| March 11, 2021 | — | |
| March 4, 2021 | Fail | |
| November 10, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 29, 2020 | Fail | |
| July 15, 2020 | Pass | |
| November 26, 2019 | Pass | |
| November 19, 2019 | Fail | |
| May 9, 2019 | — | |
| September 19, 2018 | Pass | |
| September 12, 2018 | Fail |
Brown Sugar Cafe vs Allston
Allston runs 88% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 415 clean, 35 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 March 4, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.