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Caffe Nero
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 24, 2026
- address100 Huntington Av, Boston 02116
Is Caffe Nero clean?
Caffe Nero is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 24, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Caffe Nero?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Floors in back area hallway heavily soiled. Clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Floors in back area hallway heavily soiled. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Prohibitions (C) • Numerous cases of single use articles stored in back area in front of electrical panels and on top of electrical unit under ceiling with exposed pipes. Store in protected areas.Prohibitions (C) • Numerous cases of single use articles stored in back area in front of electrical panels and on top of electrical unit under ceiling with exposed pipes. Store in protected areas.
- ⚠️Handwashing Sinks-Location and Placement (Pf) • No handsink in the warewashing area. Install. Provide copy of ISD plumbing permit.Handwashing Sinks-Location and Placement (Pf) • No handsink in the warewashing area. Install. Provide copy of ISD plumbing permit.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings Utility Lines (C) • Back hallway storage area cannot be used for storage without a properly constructed cleanable ceiling.Floors Walls and Ceilings Utility Lines (C) • Back hallway storage area cannot be used for storage without a properly constructed cleanable ceiling.
When was Caffe Nero last inspected?
Caffe Nero has 32 inspections on record going back to October 22, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 24, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 17, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 11, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 28, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 31, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 16, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 25, 2024 | — | |
| January 24, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 16, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 22, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 12, 2023 | Fail |
Caffe Nero vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 June 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.