• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 31, 2019 →
• address378 Washington, Brighton 02135

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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 Holdingcritical
• ⚠️Food Thermometers Provided
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors

Cafenation inspection and administrative history

Cafenation has 29 inspections on record going back to October 1, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Cafenation vs Brighton

Brighton runs 85% clean across 480 tracked restaurants — 395 clean, 37 mid, 33 cooked.

Against the 480 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton, this one comes out cleaner than 7% of them.

Other spots in Brighton

• ✓ Vito's Courtyard Cafe
  clean · March 27, 2014
• ✓ Chestnut Park
  clean · May 17, 2010
• ✕ Bangkok Bistro
  cooked · September 28, 2012
• ✓ Walsh Liquors
  clean · September 25, 2017
• ✕ New Hong Kong Restaurant
  cooked · September 22, 2016
• ✓ Cafe Mirror
  clean · April 10, 2026

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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.

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