Clay Pot Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 27, 2025
• address66 Brighton Av, Allston 02134

Is Clay Pot Cafe clean?

Clay Pot Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 27, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Clay Pot Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • PIC needs to retrain staff to properly set up 3 compartment sink to wash rinse and sanitize utensils and equipment.
  (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • PIC needs to retrain staff to properly set up 3 compartment sink to wash rinse and sanitize utensils and equipment.
• ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw chicken in refrigerator stored over produce. Store raw chicken below produce.critical
  Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw chicken in refrigerator stored over produce. Store raw chicken below produce.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Rice spoon stored in 70F water. Store spoon clean and dry of in water over 135F.
  In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Rice spoon stored in 70F water. Store spoon clean and dry of in water over 135F.
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cooked chicken at cookline at 66F above prepped foods. Store cooked chicken in refrigerator not above cold zone. Pots of soup at 80F in warmer. PIC stated soup had been out for 1 hour. Moved to refrigerator.critical
  (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cooked chicken at cookline at 66F above prepped foods. Store cooked chicken in refrigerator not above cold zone. Pots of soup at 80F in warmer. PIC stated soup had been out for 1 hour. Moved to refrigerator.
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils and debris under basement shelves. Clean to avoid attracting pests.
  Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils and debris under basement shelves. Clean to avoid attracting pests.
• ⚠️Before Use After Cleaning (P) • Staff observed washing bucket in prep sink and not sanitizing. All equipment must be washed and sanitized in 3 compartment sink.critical
  Before Use After Cleaning (P) • Staff observed washing bucket in prep sink and not sanitizing. All equipment must be washed and sanitized in 3 compartment sink.
• ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Basement hand wash sink obstructed by 5 gallon bucket of dish soap. Store soap out of the way of the sink.
  Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Basement hand wash sink obstructed by 5 gallon bucket of dish soap. Store soap out of the way of the sink.
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Ceiling tiles missing in basement prep area. Soiled cardboard and mats covering exposed floor boards in basement prep area. Discard cardboard and seal or resurface floor so that it is cleanable durable and non-absorbent.
  Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Ceiling tiles missing in basement prep area. Soiled cardboard and mats covering exposed floor boards in basement prep area. Discard cardboard and seal or resurface floor so that it is cleanable durable and non-absorbent.

When was Clay Pot Cafe last inspected?

Clay Pot Cafe has 5 inspections on record going back to December 3, 2024.

Clay Pot Cafe vs Allston

Allston runs 88% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 415 clean, 35 mid, 23 cooked.

Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 May 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.