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Cava
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 18, 2025
- address1350 Boylston St, Boston 02215
Is Cava clean?
Cava is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 18, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Cava?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Bags of trash strewn about the trash storage area trash receptacles uncovered attracting birds and vermin. Remove trash from the area and store trash properly.Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Bags of trash strewn about the trash storage area trash receptacles uncovered attracting birds and vermin. Remove trash from the area and store trash properly.
- ⚠️Frequency-Removal (C) • Trash overflowing in rear of business. Increase pickups as needed.Frequency-Removal (C) • Trash overflowing in rear of business. Increase pickups as needed.
- ⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C) • Broken door sweep and seals on rear exit door leading to trash area. Repair/replace with pest proof materials.Outer Openings Protected (C) • Broken door sweep and seals on rear exit door leading to trash area. Repair/replace with pest proof materials.
When was Cava last inspected?
Cava has 30 inspections on record going back to January 17, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 19, 2026 | — | |
| December 23, 2025 | — | |
| December 18, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 18, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 10, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 7, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 17, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 3, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 24, 2023 | — | |
| March 7, 2023 | Pass |
Cava vs Fenway
Fenway runs 89% clean across 433 tracked restaurants — 379 clean, 23 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 433 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 December 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.