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Cannonball Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 6, 2026
- address383 Dorchester Av, South Boston 02127
Is Cannonball Cafe clean?
Cannonball Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 6, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cannonball Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Observed food handlers in kitchen without hair restraints. Provide and ensure hair restraints are worn while handling foodEffectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Observed food handlers in kitchen without hair restraints. Provide and ensure hair restraints are worn while handling food
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Observed squeeze bottles stored in reach in units unidentified. Provide a label with the common name of food item stored insideFood Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Observed squeeze bottles stored in reach in units unidentified. Provide a label with the common name of food item stored inside
- ⚠️Food Display-Preventing Contamination by Consumers (P) • Observed exposed pastries stored at front counter. Provide a covering to prevent contamination. COScriticalFood Display-Preventing Contamination by Consumers (P) • Observed exposed pastries stored at front counter. Provide a covering to prevent contamination. COS
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Observed milk stored at front counter @ 48F. Discussed with PIC to maintain cold holding @ 41F or below. Disposedcritical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Observed milk stored at front counter @ 48F. Discussed with PIC to maintain cold holding @ 41F or below. Disposed
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed heavy coffee spills on ice cooler stored at front counter. Clean to remove all spills(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed heavy coffee spills on ice cooler stored at front counter. Clean to remove all spills
When was Cannonball Cafe last inspected?
Cannonball Cafe has 23 inspections on record going back to November 23, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 29, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 6, 2026 | Pass | |
| July 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 15, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 10, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 26, 2024 | — | |
| November 20, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 2, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 26, 2024 | — | |
| July 24, 2024 | Fail |
Cannonball Cafe vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 85% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 22 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 May 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.