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Caffe Nero
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 26, 2025
- address354 Longwood Av, Boston 02215
Is Caffe Nero clean?
Caffe Nero is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 26, 2025. 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 December 26, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Characteristics-Materials for Construction and Repair (C) • Observed the lid on the deep freezer chest not attached and broke. Observed foam padding when attempted to open. Repair or replace. The unit can not be cleaned properly due to damages observed.Characteristics-Materials for Construction and Repair (C) • Observed the lid on the deep freezer chest not attached and broke. Observed foam padding when attempted to open. Repair or replace. The unit can not be cleaned properly due to damages observed.
When was Caffe Nero last inspected?
Caffe Nero has 43 inspections on record going back to April 28, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 16, 2026 | — | |
| December 26, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 4, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 6, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 28, 2025 | Fail | |
| September 30, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 13, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 28, 2024 | — | |
| March 19, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 29, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 21, 2023 | Fail | |
| April 24, 2023 | — |
Caffe Nero vs Longwood
Longwood runs 78% clean across 203 tracked restaurants — 153 clean, 19 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 203 spots Cooked tracks in Longwood, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 December 26, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.