Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division has not published a current health inspection result for Cactus Club Stand @ Harvard University, though it does have an inspection on record from December 30, 2012. That usually means the place is new, recently changed hands, or files under a different name with the city. No rating is not the same as a bad rating.
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on December 30, 2012. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
Cactus Club Stand @ Harvard University has 2 inspections on record going back to June 17, 2009.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| June 17, 2009 | — |
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
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 December 30, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.