Cafe Podima

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 8, 2011
• address156 Cambridge St, Boston 02114

Is Cafe Podima clean?

Cafe Podima is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 8, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Cafe Podima?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 8, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Container Labels • provide proper storage of all bulk food productsl. Keep in a covere4d labeled container.
  Food Container Labels • provide proper storage of all bulk food productsl. Keep in a covere4d labeled container.
• ⚠️Food Protection • keep all items covered inside walk in cooler and all refrigerators
  Food Protection • keep all items covered inside walk in cooler and all refrigerators
• ⚠️Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • provide uniforms for all food service workers
  Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • provide uniforms for all food service workers
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • replace worn and heavily stained cutting boards on all sanwhich units.
  Food Contact Surfaces Design • replace worn and heavily stained cutting boards on all sanwhich units.
• ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • provide thermometers for all refrigerators in kitchen.
  Equipment Thermometers • provide thermometers for all refrigerators in kitchen.
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
  Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
• ⚠️Location Accessible • remove make shift barrier around hand sink in basement kitchen. Provide proper barrier to ensure seperation between food prep sink and hand sink.critical
  Location Accessible • remove make shift barrier around hand sink in basement kitchen. Provide proper barrier to ensure seperation between food prep sink and hand sink.
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • provide proper paper towel dispensers throughtout kitchen at all hand sinks
  Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • provide proper paper towel dispensers throughtout kitchen at all hand sinks
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • remove glue boards from walls at bottom of basement stairs.
  Insects Rodents Animals • remove glue boards from walls at bottom of basement stairs.
• ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed • reseal floor throughout basement area including the walk in cooler and freezer. clean floor throughout basement. Focus on floor areas under shelving and behind equipment. Repair staircase area. clean or replace stair covering to ensure a clean enviroment.
  Floors Designed Constructed Installed • reseal floor throughout basement area including the walk in cooler and freezer. clean floor throughout basement. Focus on floor areas under shelving and behind equipment. Repair staircase area. clean or replace stair covering to ensure a clean enviroment.
• ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • replace missing ceiling tiles on ceiling in basement. repair walls around stairs. Ensure that walls are smooth durable and easy to clean.
  Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • replace missing ceiling tiles on ceiling in basement. repair walls around stairs. Ensure that walls are smooth durable and easy to clean.
• ⚠️Premises Maintained • remove all old and unused equipment stored in kitchen. remove all tools stored at various places in kitchen.
  Premises Maintained • remove all old and unused equipment stored in kitchen. remove all tools stored at various places in kitchen.

When was Cafe Podima last inspected?

Cafe Podima has 4 inspections on record going back to June 23, 2011.

Cafe Podima vs Beacon Hill

Beacon Hill runs 85% clean across 149 tracked restaurants — 123 clean, 10 mid, 11 cooked.

Against the 149 spots Cooked tracks in Beacon Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 December 8, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.