• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 3, 2026 →
• address472 Commonwealth Av, Boston 02215

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Is Cafe 472 clean?

Cafe 472 is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 3, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Cafe 472?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Light Bulbs Protective Shielding (C)
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C)
• ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C)
• ⚠️flagged at inspection

Cafe 472 inspection and administrative history

Cafe 472 has 63 inspections on record going back to May 9, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 2 of these 9 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

Cafe 472 vs Fenway

Fenway runs 90% clean across 424 tracked restaurants — 372 clean, 22 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 424 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 8% of them.

Other spots in Fenway

• ✓ The Hawthorne
  clean · October 16, 2018
• ✓ Yard House
  clean · May 5, 2026
• ✓ Sweet Cheeks
  clean · October 6, 2026
• ✓ Liq 4 / Kettle One
  clean · April 3, 2026
• ✓ Sweet Caroline's
  clean · July 30, 2014
• ✓ B.U.Dining Services-1St Fl.
  clean · September 28, 2026

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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