Cafe Quattro

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 20, 2024
• address60 E Springfield St, Roxbury 02118

Is Cafe Quattro clean?

Cafe Quattro is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 20, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Cafe Quattro?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 20, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Observed wiping cloths stored on prep tables. Maintain wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution after each use
  Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Observed wiping cloths stored on prep tables. Maintain wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution after each use
• ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Observed cooked chicken stored in deep pan inside steam table. Discussed with PIC to maintain hot holding @ 135F and above. PIC replaced and stored in shallow pan and reheated. Corrected on sitecritical
  (A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Observed cooked chicken stored in deep pan inside steam table. Discussed with PIC to maintain hot holding @ 135F and above. PIC replaced and stored in shallow pan and reheated. Corrected on site
• ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Observed damaged sanitizing test strips. Provide new test strips for accurate testing of sanitizing solution
  Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Observed damaged sanitizing test strips. Provide new test strips for accurate testing of sanitizing solution
• ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Observed heavy grease build up on and around stove plus heavy flour spills inside single door unit with pizza dough and upright unit @ pizza station. Clean all stated to remove spills
  (B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Observed heavy grease build up on and around stove plus heavy flour spills inside single door unit with pizza dough and upright unit @ pizza station. Clean all stated to remove spills
• ⚠️Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C) • Observed food spills / debris on floor at cooking line and pizza station. Clean with frequency during slow periods to prevent such food harborage
  Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C) • Observed food spills / debris on floor at cooking line and pizza station. Clean with frequency during slow periods to prevent such food harborage

When was Cafe Quattro last inspected?

Cafe Quattro has 7 inspections on record going back to July 31, 2023.

Cafe Quattro vs South End

South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.

Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 March 20, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.