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Cafe Porto Bello
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 28, 2026
- address672 E Broadway, South Boston 02127
Is Cafe Porto Bello clean?
Cafe Porto Bello is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 28, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Porto Bello?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • 1) Filters with grease build up clean to remove 2) Hood stickers at pizza station expired in December 2025. Contact licensed hood cleaners for appointment and ensure updated sticker is appliedVentilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • 1) Filters with grease build up clean to remove 2) Hood stickers at pizza station expired in December 2025. Contact licensed hood cleaners for appointment and ensure updated sticker is applied
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention Air Gap (P) • Prep sink does not appear to have an air gap supply pumbers report with work done or what work needs to be done.criticalBackflow Prevention Air Gap (P) • Prep sink does not appear to have an air gap supply pumbers report with work done or what work needs to be done.
When was Cafe Porto Bello last inspected?
Cafe Porto Bello has 64 inspections on record going back to May 3, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 28, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 13, 2026 | Fail | |
| August 11, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 4, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 28, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| September 12, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 8, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| July 20, 2023 | Pass |
Cafe Porto Bello vs South Boston
South Boston runs 91% clean across 192 tracked restaurants — 163 clean, 9 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 192 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 May 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.