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Cava
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 4, 2026
- address800 Boylston St, Boston 02199
Is Cava clean?
Cava is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 4, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cava?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Warewashing Machines Manufacturers’ Operating Instructions (C) • Low temp dish machine is not working. Repair. Alternative means to sanitize equipment with Quats sanitizer at three bay sink @ 200PPM.Warewashing Machines Manufacturers’ Operating Instructions (C) • Low temp dish machine is not working. Repair. Alternative means to sanitize equipment with Quats sanitizer at three bay sink @ 200PPM.
When was Cava last inspected?
Cava has 16 inspections on record going back to July 1, 2022. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 4, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 5, 2026 | Fail | |
| August 5, 2025 | — | |
| July 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 3, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 5, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 20, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 24, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 14, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 14, 2023 | — |
Cava vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.