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Cafenation
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 31, 2019
- address378 Washington, Brighton 02135
Is Cafenation clean?
Cafenation is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 31, 2019. 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 Cafenation?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 31, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cold Holding • Cream cheese 49 F Raw Egg 45 F (on ice) - Cooking/grill areacriticalCold Holding • Cream cheese 49 F Raw Egg 45 F (on ice) - Cooking/grill area
- ⚠️Food Thermometers Provided • Provide food thermometer with thin probeFood Thermometers Provided • Provide food thermometer with thin probe
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Worn cutting boards - Kitchen/prepFood Contact Surfaces Design • Worn cutting boards - Kitchen/prep
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Carpet on floor - Food storageImproper Maintenance of Floors • Carpet on floor - Food storage
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Chipped/peeling paint on walls & Built up soils on walls - Kitchen/prep/ware washing Ceiling and attachments discolored - Kitchen/prep/ware washingImproper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Chipped/peeling paint on walls & Built up soils on walls - Kitchen/prep/ware washing Ceiling and attachments discolored - Kitchen/prep/ware washing
When was Cafenation last inspected?
Cafenation has 29 inspections on record going back to October 1, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| June 20, 2019 | — | |
| May 31, 2019 | Fail | |
| November 9, 2018 | — | |
| October 25, 2018 | Fail | |
| November 13, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2017 | Fail | |
| October 27, 2016 | — | |
| October 20, 2016 | Fail | |
| October 13, 2016 | Fail | |
| March 27, 2015 | — | |
| March 13, 2015 | Fail |
Cafenation 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 8% 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 31, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.