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Cafe Jaffa
- resultFail
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJuly 31, 2018
- address48 Gloucester, Boston 02116
Is Cafe Jaffa clean?
Cafe Jaffa is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 31, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Jaffa?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 31, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cold Holding • Cooked rice on serving line at 71F. Ensure product maintained at 41F or below. Voluntarily discarded by PICcriticalCold Holding • Cooked rice on serving line at 71F. Ensure product maintained at 41F or below. Voluntarily discarded by PIC
- ⚠️Food Protection • Large buckets of cut lettuce stored on floor in front of handwash sink- DIscontinue. Placed in walkin at time of inspectionFood Protection • Large buckets of cut lettuce stored on floor in front of handwash sink- DIscontinue. Placed in walkin at time of inspection
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Gasket on walkin door in lower level damaged- Replace Refrigeration at 40FNon-Food Contact Surfaces • Gasket on walkin door in lower level damaged- Replace Refrigeration at 40F
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Ceiling in dining room with cracked/peeling plaster- RepairImproper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Ceiling in dining room with cracked/peeling plaster- Repair
- ⚠️Conformance w/ Approved Procedures • Shawarma cone on verticle broiler partially used and per PIC is from previous business day. Discontinue reusing product and follow proper procedures. Reviewed with PICcriticalConformance w/ Approved Procedures • Shawarma cone on verticle broiler partially used and per PIC is from previous business day. Discontinue reusing product and follow proper procedures. Reviewed with PIC
When was Cafe Jaffa last inspected?
Cafe Jaffa has 40 inspections on record going back to November 14, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| August 7, 2018 | — | |
| July 31, 2018 | Fail | |
| August 21, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 8, 2017 | Fail | |
| February 27, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 15, 2017 | Fail | |
| October 6, 2016 | Pass | |
| September 26, 2016 | Fail | |
| December 21, 2015 | Pass | |
| December 9, 2015 | Fail | |
| June 15, 2015 | Pass |
Cafe Jaffa vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 31, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.