Cafe Amaro

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 24, 2026
• address319 Hanover St, Boston 02113

Is Cafe Amaro clean?

Cafe Amaro is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 24, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Cafe Amaro?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Backflow Prevention Device Location (C) • Establishment observed without a food prep sink. Per staff 3 compartment sink is used to wash fruits produce & vegetable PIC to provide detailed plumbers report on the cost of install food prep sink with air gap. ***If a food prep sink is installed prior to the scheduled compliance inspection a permit must be secured from Inspectional Services Plumbing Division prior to Commencement of any Plumbing work. Additionally a final approval from the plumbing inspector is required before a reinspection may be scheduled
  Backflow Prevention Device Location (C) • Establishment observed without a food prep sink. Per staff 3 compartment sink is used to wash fruits produce & vegetable PIC to provide detailed plumbers report on the cost of install food prep sink with air gap. ***If a food prep sink is installed prior to the scheduled compliance inspection a permit must be secured from Inspectional Services Plumbing Division prior to Commencement of any Plumbing work. Additionally a final approval from the plumbing inspector is required before a reinspection may be scheduled

When was Cafe Amaro last inspected?

Cafe Amaro has 22 inspections on record going back to May 4, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Cafe Amaro vs North End

North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, 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 July 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.