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Cafe Mirror
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 10, 2026
- address362 Washington St, Brighton 02135
Is Cafe Mirror clean?
Cafe Mirror is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 10, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Mirror?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • No one on site with a current Allergen Certification. Provide.(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • No one on site with a current Allergen Certification. Provide.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Interior of the Blodgett oven visibly soiled and with carbon build-up. Clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Interior of the Blodgett oven visibly soiled and with carbon build-up. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Evidence of what appears to be rodent droppings on the staircase leading the basement area. Address clean to remove and provide an up to date pest control report for the re-inspection. At this time the basement is not being used for any type of storage.Controlling Pests (Pf) • Evidence of what appears to be rodent droppings on the staircase leading the basement area. Address clean to remove and provide an up to date pest control report for the re-inspection. At this time the basement is not being used for any type of storage.
When was Cafe Mirror last inspected?
Cafe Mirror has 60 inspections on record going back to August 11, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 10, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 27, 2026 | Fail | |
| August 26, 2025 | — | |
| February 11, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 10, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 3, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| August 12, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 15, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 28, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 21, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 5, 2023 | Pass |
Cafe Mirror vs Brighton
Brighton runs 83% clean across 486 tracked restaurants — 393 clean, 43 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 486 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 April 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.