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Causeway Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 28, 2019
- address239 Causeway St, Boston 02114
Is Causeway Cafe clean?
Causeway Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 28, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Causeway Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 28, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Dried caked food debris on can opener blade.Clean and sanitize before using.Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Dried caked food debris on can opener blade.Clean and sanitize before using.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Soils and food debris on shelving in kitchen area and racks in two door refrigeration unit. Clean to removeNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Soils and food debris on shelving in kitchen area and racks in two door refrigeration unit. Clean to remove
- ⚠️Improper Cleaning of Receptacles • No covered on trash receptacle in kitchen area. Provide cover.Improper Cleaning of Receptacles • No covered on trash receptacle in kitchen area. Provide cover.
When was Causeway Cafe last inspected?
Causeway Cafe has 38 inspections on record going back to June 27, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| February 28, 2019 | Pass | |
| February 20, 2019 | Fail | |
| October 16, 2018 | Pass | |
| August 16, 2018 | Fail | |
| March 6, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2018 | Fail | |
| August 30, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 24, 2017 | Fail | |
| March 16, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 9, 2017 | Fail |
Causeway Cafe vs North End
North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North 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 February 28, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.