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Caffe Nero
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- 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. 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 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.
- ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Food employees without hair restraints. Provide.Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Food employees without hair restraints. Provide.
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Turkey sandwich 54F Breakfast roll 51F. Product made within four hours moved into refrigeration holding at below 41F.critical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Turkey sandwich 54F Breakfast roll 51F. Product made within four hours moved into refrigeration holding at below 41F.
- ⚠️Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf) • Sandwich display case holding at 46F. Make all necessary repairs.Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf) • Sandwich display case holding at 46F. Make all necessary repairs.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Floors with visible soils. Clean floors under around and behind equipment.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Floors with visible soils. Clean floors under around and behind equipment.
When was Caffe Nero last inspected?
Caffe Nero has 23 inspections on record going back to December 13, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 1, 2026 | — | |
| June 24, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 31, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 28, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 16, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| August 5, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 25, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 24, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 16, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 12, 2023 | — | |
| February 1, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 25, 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 7% 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.