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Channel Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 11, 2009
- address300 Summer St, Boston 02210
Is Channel Cafe clean?
Channel Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 11, 2009. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Channel Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 11, 2009, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • 1) pipe at 3 bay sink leaking repairInstalled and Maintained • 1) pipe at 3 bay sink leaking repair
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • 1) hood vents with grease build up clean to removeImproper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • 1) hood vents with grease build up clean to remove
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • 1) CO2 bottles not chained chain to protect from tippagePremises Maintained • 1) CO2 bottles not chained chain to protect from tippage
When was Channel Cafe last inspected?
Channel Cafe has 8 inspections on record going back to December 7, 2007.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| August 11, 2009 | Pass | |
| July 27, 2009 | Fail | |
| November 26, 2008 | Pass | |
| November 13, 2008 | Fail | |
| December 18, 2007 | Pass | |
| December 14, 2007 | Fail | |
| December 7, 2007 | Fail |
Channel Cafe vs Leather District
Leather District runs 86% clean across 188 tracked restaurants — 149 clean, 11 mid, 13 cooked.
Against the 188 spots Cooked tracks in Leather District, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 August 11, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.