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Dana Farber Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 8, 2010
- address44 Binney St, Boston 02115
Is Dana Farber Cafe clean?
Dana Farber Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 8, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Dana Farber Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 8, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Container Labels • properly label all bulk food binsFood Container Labels • properly label all bulk food bins
- ⚠️Hot Holding • sausage/roast beef 120 degrees/removed by chef and reheated to proper temperaturescriticalHot Holding • sausage/roast beef 120 degrees/removed by chef and reheated to proper temperatures
- ⚠️Food Protection • properly store all paper 6 inches off floorFood Protection • properly store all paper 6 inches off floor
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • deli/resurface worn cutting boardsFood Contact Surfaces Design • deli/resurface worn cutting boards
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • #15 #10 and #13 reach in and walk in/provide accurate internal thermometerEquipment Thermometers • #15 #10 and #13 reach in and walk in/provide accurate internal thermometer
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • provide wiping cloth solution at all food prep stationsWiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • provide wiping cloth solution at all food prep stations
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • properly sanitize all knives at deli stationFood Contact Surfaces Clean • properly sanitize all knives at deli station
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean top of dishmachineNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean top of dishmachine
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • handsinks/provide employee handwash signage and refill of paper towelsHand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • handsinks/provide employee handwash signage and refill of paper towels
- ⚠️Inadequate Lighting • hot line and walk in freezer/replace burnt out lightInadequate Lighting • hot line and walk in freezer/replace burnt out light
When was Dana Farber Cafe last inspected?
Dana Farber Cafe has 24 inspections on record going back to April 5, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| October 28, 2010 | — | |
| September 8, 2010 | Pass | |
| August 23, 2010 | Fail | |
| April 20, 2010 | Pass | |
| April 5, 2010 | Fail | |
| December 29, 2009 | Pass | |
| December 22, 2009 | Fail | |
| December 14, 2009 | Fail | |
| December 7, 2009 | Fail | |
| October 13, 2009 | Pass | |
| October 5, 2009 | Fail |
Dana Farber 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 8, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.