Chatime is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 23, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Chatime?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 23, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Clean the coffee grinding table to remove soils. Clean the interior gaskets of the 2 door milk unit to remove soils-front counter
(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Clean the coffee grinding table to remove soils. Clean the interior gaskets of the 2 door milk unit to remove soils-front counter
⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior white panel of the ice machine observed with soils.Clean to remove soils.
(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior white panel of the ice machine observed with soils.Clean to remove soils.
⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • 3 bay sink observed with small leak from drain.Repair
System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • 3 bay sink observed with small leak from drain.Repair
⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Rear prep observed with clutter.Remove unnecessary clutter store in designated location. Clean & organize
Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Rear prep observed with clutter.Remove unnecessary clutter store in designated location. Clean & organize
⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the floor behind the front counter to remove debris & sticky residue.
Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the floor behind the front counter to remove debris & sticky residue.
When was Chatime last inspected?
Chatime has 35 inspections on record going back to November 21, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
date
result
score
January 18, 2023
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July 15, 2022
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June 23, 2022
Fail
March 15, 2022
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February 14, 2022
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February 7, 2022
Fail
January 26, 2022
Fail
July 9, 2021
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July 2, 2021
Fail
January 22, 2021
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January 11, 2021
Fail
October 20, 2020
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Chatime vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 10% of them.
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 June 23, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.