Charlestown Cafe Inc.

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 16, 2020
• address78 Arlington Av, Charlestown 02129

Is Charlestown Cafe Inc. clean?

Charlestown Cafe Inc. is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 16, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Charlestown Cafe Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 16, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • There is no procedure or kit to clean up an accident. Provide (left informational handouts with the employees)
  Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • There is no procedure or kit to clean up an accident. Provide (left informational handouts with the employees)
• ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • There is no system for date marking. Provide a system for date marking ready to eat foods that are stored for more than a day.
  Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • There is no system for date marking. Provide a system for date marking ready to eat foods that are stored for more than a day.
• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (Pf) • There is no food thermometer available and no irreversible thermometer available for food temperatures and high temperature dishwasher.
  Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (Pf) • There is no food thermometer available and no irreversible thermometer available for food temperatures and high temperature dishwasher.

When was Charlestown Cafe Inc. last inspected?

Charlestown Cafe Inc. has 8 inspections on record going back to February 1, 2018.

Charlestown Cafe Inc. vs Charlestown

Charlestown runs 92% clean across 198 tracked restaurants — 178 clean, 7 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 198 spots Cooked tracks in Charlestown, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 January 16, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.