Elements Cafe & Conference

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedSeptember 2, 2025
• address77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston 02115

Is Elements Cafe & Conference clean?

Elements Cafe & Conference is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 2, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Elements Cafe & Conference?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️When to Wash (P) • Observed food handlers not washing hands before donning on clean glovecritical
  When to Wash (P) • Observed food handlers not washing hands before donning on clean glove
• ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Multiple food containers not labeled in prep/storage - basement
  Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Multiple food containers not labeled in prep/storage - basement
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths not stored in sanitizing solutions between uses - Kitchen/prep/ware washing/serving line per code
  Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths not stored in sanitizing solutions between uses - Kitchen/prep/ware washing/serving line per code
• ⚠️(A) Gloves Use Limitation (P) • Gloves being continously/multitasking/handling multiple touch points - leaving and returning to work station wearing same disposable glovescritical
  (A) Gloves Use Limitation (P) • Gloves being continously/multitasking/handling multiple touch points - leaving and returning to work station wearing same disposable gloves
• ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Open foods not stored in food grade covered containers once open - Basement storage
  Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Open foods not stored in food grade covered containers once open - Basement storage
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cut tomatoes (on ice) 46 F and 50 F Cheese (on ice and above fill line 47 F (provided proper refrigeration and storage for all TCS foods) Salad bar Spinach 45 F Chicken 45 Fcritical
  (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cut tomatoes (on ice) 46 F and 50 F Cheese (on ice and above fill line 47 F (provided proper refrigeration and storage for all TCS foods) Salad bar Spinach 45 F Chicken 45 F
• ⚠️Food Labels (Pf) • Prewrapped foods for customer self service not labeld per code
  Food Labels (Pf) • Prewrapped foods for customer self service not labeld per code
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Food soils on food containers in storage area - basement
  (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Food soils on food containers in storage area - basement
• ⚠️Equipment and Utensils Air-Drying Required (C) • Wet nesting clean and sanitized food contact containers bowls pans etc.
  Equipment and Utensils Air-Drying Required (C) • Wet nesting clean and sanitized food contact containers bowls pans etc.
• ⚠️Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Gound area soiled under receptacles on dock area
  Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Gound area soiled under receptacles on dock area
• ⚠️Cleaning Receptacles (C) • Soils on exterior and interior of trash and grease bins on dock area
  Cleaning Receptacles (C) • Soils on exterior and interior of trash and grease bins on dock area
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Rodent dropping on wall ledge behind food storage in basement dry storage room - Clean walls and all attachments
  Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Rodent dropping on wall ledge behind food storage in basement dry storage room - Clean walls and all attachments
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Rodent dropping on wall ledge behind food storage in basement dry storage room Provide full extermination and IPM report prior to reinspection
  Controlling Pests (Pf) • Rodent dropping on wall ledge behind food storage in basement dry storage room Provide full extermination and IPM report prior to reinspection
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Walls in basement storage areas in disrepair
  Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Walls in basement storage areas in disrepair

When was Elements Cafe & Conference last inspected?

Elements Cafe & Conference has 53 inspections on record going back to May 14, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Elements Cafe & Conference 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 0% of them.

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• ✓ Atrium Cafe/Harvard Med.School
  clean · February 16, 2024
• ✓ Sami's Wrap & Roll
  clean · February 17, 2009
• ✓ Boloco
  clean · January 23, 2025
• ? Sea To You @ Massart
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• ? Fenway Asian Cafe
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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 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.