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Cafe Rustico
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 26, 2019
- address85 Canal St, Boston 02114
Is Cafe Rustico clean?
Cafe Rustico is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 26, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Rustico?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 26, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Several food item without proper date marked.Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Several food item without proper date marked.
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils and food debris on racks in refrigeration units small freezer unit .Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils and food debris on racks in refrigeration units small freezer unit .
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Some refrigeration without thermometers.Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Some refrigeration without thermometers.
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Large barrel in front of handsink and water pitcher inside hand sink.removeUsing a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Large barrel in front of handsink and water pitcher inside hand sink.remove
- ⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Soils and food debris throughtout kitchen floor under warewash and cookline.Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Soils and food debris throughtout kitchen floor under warewash and cookline.
When was Cafe Rustico last inspected?
Cafe Rustico has 28 inspections on record going back to November 9, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| November 3, 2020 | — | |
| September 26, 2019 | Pass | |
| September 19, 2019 | Fail | |
| March 7, 2019 | Pass | |
| February 28, 2019 | Fail | |
| October 23, 2018 | Pass | |
| October 16, 2018 | Fail | |
| February 12, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 2, 2018 | Fail | |
| October 3, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 25, 2017 | Fail |
Cafe Rustico vs North End
North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 September 26, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.