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Delicato Cafe
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 16, 2012
- address10 City Hall Av, Boston 02108
Is Delicato Cafe clean?
Delicato Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 16, 2012. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Delicato Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 16, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Hot Holding • Spinach quiche 105 FcriticalHot Holding • Spinach quiche 105 F
- ⚠️Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • Food handlers not wearing hair restaurants.Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • Food handlers not wearing hair restaurants.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Remove crates and properly store all food 6" above the floor in shelving.Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Remove crates and properly store all food 6" above the floor in shelving.
- ⚠️Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage • Food containers not inverted.Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage • Food containers not inverted.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Replace broken floor tiles • Resurface ramp in rear hallway. • Resurface steps to second floor storage.Improper Maintenance of Floors • Replace broken floor tiles • Resurface ramp in rear hallway. • Resurface steps to second floor storage.
- ⚠️Inadequate Lighting • Provide adequate lighting in second floor storageInadequate Lighting • Provide adequate lighting in second floor storage
When was Delicato Cafe last inspected?
Delicato Cafe has 17 inspections on record going back to June 27, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| August 24, 2012 | — | |
| August 16, 2012 | Fail | |
| August 2, 2012 | Fail | |
| November 28, 2011 | Pass | |
| November 3, 2011 | Fail | |
| October 20, 2011 | Fail | |
| April 29, 2011 | Pass | |
| December 20, 2010 | — | |
| April 8, 2010 | Pass | |
| April 1, 2010 | Fail | |
| December 10, 2009 | Pass |
Delicato Cafe vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 August 16, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.