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Caffe Lil Italy
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 18, 2011
- address178 Salem St, Boston 02113
Is Caffe Lil Italy clean?
Caffe Lil Italy is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 18, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Caffe Lil Italy?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 18, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • Provide proper hair restraints for all food prep personnel.Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • Provide proper hair restraints for all food prep personnel.
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Properly remove all evidence of live fruit flies throughout front counter/service area.Insects Rodents Animals • Properly remove all evidence of live fruit flies throughout front counter/service area.
- ⚠️PIC Knowledge • Provide proper food allergy disclaimer at menu boards as applicable.criticalPIC Knowledge • Provide proper food allergy disclaimer at menu boards as applicable.
When was Caffe Lil Italy last inspected?
Caffe Lil Italy has 16 inspections on record going back to November 15, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| July 18, 2011 | Pass | |
| July 11, 2011 | Fail | |
| January 25, 2011 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2011 | Fail | |
| January 4, 2011 | Fail | |
| August 12, 2010 | Pass | |
| August 5, 2010 | Fail | |
| January 11, 2010 | Pass | |
| January 4, 2010 | Fail | |
| August 11, 2009 | Pass | |
| March 10, 2009 | Pass |
Caffe Lil Italy 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 July 18, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.