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Caffe Strega
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 12, 2020
- address175 Huntington Av, Boston 02115
Is Caffe Strega clean?
Caffe Strega is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 12, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Caffe Strega?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 12, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Provide proper date marking on all packaged ready to eat sandwiches & salads. PIC CorrectingReady-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Provide proper date marking on all packaged ready to eat sandwiches & salads. PIC Correcting
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Live cockroach observed in storage room.Provide full pest report upon re-inspection.Controlling Pests (Pf) • Live cockroach observed in storage room.Provide full pest report upon re-inspection.
- ⚠️Removing Dead or Trapped Birds Insects Rodents and other Pest (C) • Remove/replace soiled glue traps with dead insects.Removing Dead or Trapped Birds Insects Rodents and other Pest (C) • Remove/replace soiled glue traps with dead insects.
When was Caffe Strega last inspected?
Caffe Strega has 31 inspections on record going back to June 23, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| March 12, 2020 | Fail | |
| September 17, 2019 | Pass | |
| September 10, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 3, 2019 | Fail | |
| April 3, 2019 | — | |
| March 26, 2019 | Fail | |
| October 25, 2018 | — | |
| October 18, 2018 | — | |
| October 17, 2018 | Fail | |
| May 29, 2018 | Pass |
Caffe Strega 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 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 March 12, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.