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Caffe Nero
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 18, 2026
- address558 Washington St, Boston 02111
Is Caffe Nero clean?
Caffe Nero is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 18, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Caffe Nero?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Labels (Pf) • Provide labels listing all ingredients on all prepared packaged itemsFood Labels (Pf) • Provide labels listing all ingredients on all prepared packaged items
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Clean the interior white panel of the ice machine to remove soils.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Clean the interior white panel of the ice machine to remove soils.
- ⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the floor in the walk in freezer to remove soils/debris.Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the floor in the walk in freezer to remove soils/debris.
- ⚠️There is no posted Allergen awareness certificate.Provide a current certificate from a full time employee.There is no posted Allergen awareness certificate.Provide a current certificate from a full time employee.
When was Caffe Nero last inspected?
Caffe Nero has 45 inspections on record going back to May 9, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 18, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 9, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 8, 2025 | — | |
| April 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 15, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 25, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 18, 2024 | Fail | |
| April 10, 2024 | — | |
| June 23, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 16, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 10, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2023 | Fail |
Caffe Nero vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, 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 February 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.