Citra A Fresh Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 27, 2026
• address221 Longwood Av, Boston 02115

Is Citra A Fresh Cafe clean?

Citra A Fresh Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 27, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Citra A Fresh Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️When to Wash (P) • Observed not hand washing during inspection Observed food handler donning on clean glove without washing handcritical
  When to Wash (P) • Observed not hand washing during inspection Observed food handler donning on clean glove without washing hand
• ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Food handler not wearing hair restraint
  Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Food handler not wearing hair restraint
• ⚠️(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • No full time on site certified food protection manager
  (A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • No full time on site certified food protection manager
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • In use utensils stored on top of lids with food residue on them
  In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • In use utensils stored on top of lids with food residue on them
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths not stored in a sanitizing solution
  Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths not stored in a sanitizing solution
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Old labels on clean food contact surfaces in storage
  Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Old labels on clean food contact surfaces in storage
• ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Observed food handler dumping liquids into hand sink
  Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Observed food handler dumping liquids into hand sink
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Built up soils on floors walls attachments and ceilings throughout
  Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Built up soils on floors walls attachments and ceilings throughout
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Exposed wooden surface on window sill
  Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Exposed wooden surface on window sill
• ⚠️No proof of a full time on site CFPM who is certified in allergen awareness
  No proof of a full time on site CFPM who is certified in allergen awareness

When was Citra A Fresh Cafe last inspected?

Citra A Fresh Cafe has 46 inspections on record going back to September 5, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Citra A Fresh Cafe vs Longwood

Longwood runs 78% clean across 203 tracked restaurants — 153 clean, 19 mid, 23 cooked.

Against the 203 spots Cooked tracks in Longwood, this one comes out cleaner than 22% of them.

Other spots in Longwood

• ✕ Spoon Cafe
  cooked · October 5, 2018
• ✕ Discovery Cafe
  cooked · April 1, 2026
• ✓ Tsushi Inc.
  clean · January 30, 2020
• ✓ Au Bon Pain
  clean · May 1, 2023
• ✓ Gyro City
  clean · October 9, 2015
• ✓ Starbucks@Boston Childrens(Sodexo)
  clean · October 6, 2023

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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 March 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.