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Clay Pot Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 29, 2023
- address74 Kneeland St, Boston 02111
Is Clay Pot Cafe clean?
Clay Pot Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 29, 2023. 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 March 29, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Pot of cooked pork on floor. Store food off the floor to prevent contaminationFood Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Pot of cooked pork on floor. Store food off the floor to prevent contamination
- ⚠️(A )Cooling Methods (Pf) • Cooked pork at 100F in covered pot cooked previous hour. Cool cooked foods uncovered spread out to increase surface area and cool rapidly.(A )Cooling Methods (Pf) • Cooked pork at 100F in covered pot cooked previous hour. Cool cooked foods uncovered spread out to increase surface area and cool rapidly.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Debris under wok station. Clean to avoid attracting pestsNonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Debris under wok station. Clean to avoid attracting pests
- ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood sticker expired. PIC stated cleaning scheduled for tomorrowCleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood sticker expired. PIC stated cleaning scheduled for tomorrow
When was Clay Pot Cafe last inspected?
Clay Pot Cafe has 39 inspections on record going back to July 9, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| March 29, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 22, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| September 21, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 14, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 18, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| March 11, 2022 | Fail | |
| October 15, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 7, 2021 | Fail | |
| September 22, 2021 | Fail |
Clay Pot Cafe vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 85% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 22 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 March 29, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.