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Cafe At Barnes And Noble
- resultFail
- critical violations3
- last inspectedJanuary 31, 2017
- address660 Beacon St, Boston 02215
Is Cafe At Barnes And Noble clean?
Cafe At Barnes And Noble is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 31, 2017. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Cafe At Barnes And Noble?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 31, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Protection • Items stored on top of ice machineFood Protection • Items stored on top of ice machine
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Chipped paint on banisterNon-Food Contact Surfaces • Chipped paint on banister
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Built up soils on shelving interior of shelvingNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Built up soils on shelving interior of shelving
- ⚠️Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage • Ice bucket not inverted to allow for proper drainageClean Equipment & Utensils Storage • Ice bucket not inverted to allow for proper drainage
- ⚠️Location Accessible • No hand sink in or around warewashing area to allow for proper hand washingcriticalLocation Accessible • No hand sink in or around warewashing area to allow for proper hand washing
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Replace missing & cracked oleos tiles • Rust on floor drain under 3 bay sink Built up soils on floor under and behind alll equipmentImproper Maintenance of Floors • Replace missing & cracked oleos tiles • Rust on floor drain under 3 bay sink Built up soils on floor under and behind alll equipment
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean walls and all attachments • openings in wallsImproper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean walls and all attachments • openings in walls
- ⚠️Separation/Sanitizer Criteria • Toxic Chemical (Finish Machine ware washing detergent stored on top of dish open and uncovered)criticalSeparation/Sanitizer Criteria • Toxic Chemical (Finish Machine ware washing detergent stored on top of dish open and uncovered)
- ⚠️PIC Knowledge • No proof certified food protection manager is certified in allergen awarenesscriticalPIC Knowledge • No proof certified food protection manager is certified in allergen awareness
When was Cafe At Barnes And Noble last inspected?
Cafe At Barnes And Noble has 32 inspections on record going back to July 2, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| August 29, 2018 | — | |
| March 7, 2018 | — | |
| February 15, 2017 | — | |
| January 31, 2017 | Fail | |
| January 26, 2016 | — | |
| January 12, 2016 | Fail | |
| August 21, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 18, 2015 | Fail | |
| February 11, 2015 | — | |
| March 18, 2014 | — | |
| March 12, 2014 | Fail |
Cafe At Barnes And Noble vs Fenway
Fenway runs 89% clean across 433 tracked restaurants — 379 clean, 23 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 433 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 January 31, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.