Cooked?
Cafenation
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 1, 2026
- address378 Washington St, Brighton 02135
Is Cafenation clean?
Cafenation is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 1, 2026. 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 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Observed multiple damaged gaskets at cold holding units; repair or replace damaged gaskets.Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Observed multiple damaged gaskets at cold holding units; repair or replace damaged gaskets.
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention (P) • At the designated food prep sink there is a direct connection to the waste water system; have a licensed plumber pull proper permits and install an indirect connection (air gap) at the prep sink.criticalBackflow Prevention (P) • At the designated food prep sink there is a direct connection to the waste water system; have a licensed plumber pull proper permits and install an indirect connection (air gap) at the prep sink.
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • In the employee restroom there are multiple missing and damaged ceiling tiles; repair or replace the ceiling tiles.Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • In the employee restroom there are multiple missing and damaged ceiling tiles; repair or replace the ceiling tiles.
When was Cafenation last inspected?
Cafenation has 26 inspections on record going back to September 15, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2026 | — | |
| May 1, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 17, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 10, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 28, 2025 | — | |
| January 22, 2025 | — | |
| July 8, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 1, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 10, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| May 31, 2023 | Pass |
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 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 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.