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Countway Library Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 10, 2025
- address10 Shattuck St, Boston 02115
Is Countway Library Cafe clean?
Countway Library Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 10, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Countway Library Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Hot Water Sanitization Temperatures (Pf) • Final rinse 196 F IMD 176 F Units place out of service and all ware washing will be performed in 3 bay sinkMechanical Warewashing Equipment Hot Water Sanitization Temperatures (Pf) • Final rinse 196 F IMD 176 F Units place out of service and all ware washing will be performed in 3 bay sink
- ⚠️Rinsing Procedures (C) • High temp dish machine not rinsing chemicalsRinsing Procedures (C) • High temp dish machine not rinsing chemicals
- ⚠️Allergen certification expired 08-14-2025Allergen certification expired 08-14-2025
When was Countway Library Cafe last inspected?
Countway Library Cafe has 14 inspections on record going back to August 26, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 2, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 7, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 18, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 15, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 2, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 7, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| October 12, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 11, 2022 | Pass |
Countway Library 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.
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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 September 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.