Cafe 73

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 16, 2007
• address69 Tremont St St, Boston 02108

Is Cafe 73 clean?

Cafe 73 is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 16, 2007. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Cafe 73?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 16, 2007, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Test Kit Provided • No chlorine test kit.
  Test Kit Provided • No chlorine test kit.
• ⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • Bathroom - No cover for waste recepticle.
  Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • Bathroom - No cover for waste recepticle.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Bathroom - Dusting ceiling vent.
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Bathroom - Dusting ceiling vent.
• ⚠️Anti-Choking
  Anti-Choking
• ⚠️PIC Knowledge • Provide full time on site certified food protection manager.critical
  PIC Knowledge • Provide full time on site certified food protection manager.
• ⚠️Non-Compliance w/Employee Health Policycritical
  Non-Compliance w/Employee Health Policy

When was Cafe 73 last inspected?

Cafe 73 has 3 inspections on record going back to October 11, 2007.

Cafe 73 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 11% 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 October 16, 2007. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.