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Common Ground Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 3, 2010
- address2243 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02124
Is Common Ground Cafe clean?
Common Ground Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 3, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Common Ground Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 3, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • recaulk all sinks....replace defective doorgaskets.....replace worn floor rubber mats.....replace missing oven covers and replace fan cover in outside walkin...seal all barewood throughout and particle wood shelving.....replace broken or missing door handles throughout....Non-Food Contact Surfaces • recaulk all sinks....replace defective doorgaskets.....replace worn floor rubber mats.....replace missing oven covers and replace fan cover in outside walkin...seal all barewood throughout and particle wood shelving.....replace broken or missing door handles throughout....
- ⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • provide covers for all receptaclesAdequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • provide covers for all receptacles
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • replace all baseboard cove molding throughout as needed....clean and repair walls and ceiling throughout....seal all wall studs wood and metal...clean hoods and provide last cleaning info by a certified company....clean vent. covers....Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • replace all baseboard cove molding throughout as needed....clean and repair walls and ceiling throughout....seal all wall studs wood and metal...clean hoods and provide last cleaning info by a certified company....clean vent. covers....
When was Common Ground Cafe last inspected?
Common Ground Cafe has 17 inspections on record going back to July 18, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| November 3, 2010 | Pass | |
| October 6, 2010 | Fail | |
| September 22, 2010 | Fail | |
| November 17, 2009 | Pass | |
| November 10, 2009 | Fail | |
| June 23, 2009 | Pass | |
| June 15, 2009 | Fail | |
| February 9, 2009 | Pass | |
| February 2, 2009 | Fail | |
| September 18, 2008 | Pass | |
| September 11, 2008 | — |
Common Ground Cafe vs Mattapan
Mattapan runs 77% clean across 299 tracked restaurants — 217 clean, 38 mid, 26 cooked.
Against the 299 spots Cooked tracks in Mattapan, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 November 3, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.