Cooked?
Florentine Caffe
- resultFail
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJuly 22, 2026
- address333 Hanover St, Boston 02113
Is Florentine Caffe clean?
Florentine Caffe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 22, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Florentine Caffe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Observed multiple staff preparing foods missing hair restraint. Provide to prevent contaminationsEffectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Observed multiple staff preparing foods missing hair restraint. Provide to prevent contaminations
- ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • Violations noted on the inspection report. Provide active managerial controls and train staff on violations noted on the inspection report(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • Violations noted on the inspection report. Provide active managerial controls and train staff on violations noted on the inspection report
- ⚠️Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf) • Shelltags observed missing last sold date and not kep in chronological order. Provide Discussed at the time of inspection.Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf) • Shelltags observed missing last sold date and not kep in chronological order. Provide Discussed at the time of inspection.
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Food storage containers/ bulk bins and condiment containers at the cookline observed without labels. Provide labels when removed from original containers.Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Food storage containers/ bulk bins and condiment containers at the cookline observed without labels. Provide labels when removed from original containers.
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • PIC unable to provide an irreverssible thermometer for the high temp dishwasher on site. ProvideTemperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • PIC unable to provide an irreverssible thermometer for the high temp dishwasher on site. Provide
- ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Main bar low temp dishwasher observed at 0ppm. After multiple attempts 80ppm was recorded Additional diswashers in compliance on sitecriticalManual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Main bar low temp dishwasher observed at 0ppm. After multiple attempts 80ppm was recorded Additional diswashers in compliance on site
- ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C) • 3 cutting boards on site observed stained. Clean to removeCutting Surfaces (C) • 3 cutting boards on site observed stained. Clean to remove
- ⚠️Service Sink (C) • No service/mop sink observed on site PIC to provide plumbers report from a licensed plumber on the cost of install of a service sink. ***If a service sink is installed prior to the scheduled compliance inspection A Permit must be secured from Inspectional Services Plumbing Division prior to Commencement of any Plumbing work. Additionally a final approval from the plumbing inspector is required before a reinspection may be scheduledService Sink (C) • No service/mop sink observed on site PIC to provide plumbers report from a licensed plumber on the cost of install of a service sink. ***If a service sink is installed prior to the scheduled compliance inspection A Permit must be secured from Inspectional Services Plumbing Division prior to Commencement of any Plumbing work. Additionally a final approval from the plumbing inspector is required before a reinspection may be scheduled
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Bar handwashing sink lower level observed being used as a dump sink. DiscontinueUsing a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Bar handwashing sink lower level observed being used as a dump sink. Discontinue
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention (P) • Establishment observed without a food prep sink. Produce/fruits gets washed in the middle compartment of the 3 bay sink. PIC to provide plumbers report from a licensed plumber on the cost of install of a food prep sink. ***If a food prep sink is installed prior to the scheduled compliance inspection A Permit must be secured from Inspectional Services Plumbing Division prior to Commencement of any Plumbing work. Additionally a final approval from the plumbing inspector is required before a reinspection may be scheduledcriticalBackflow Prevention (P) • Establishment observed without a food prep sink. Produce/fruits gets washed in the middle compartment of the 3 bay sink. PIC to provide plumbers report from a licensed plumber on the cost of install of a food prep sink. ***If a food prep sink is installed prior to the scheduled compliance inspection A Permit must be secured from Inspectional Services Plumbing Division prior to Commencement of any Plumbing work. Additionally a final approval from the plumbing inspector is required before a reinspection may be scheduled
- ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • Bar handwashing sink at the lower level observed missing handwashing signage. Provide to encourage handwashing.Handwashing Signage (C) • Bar handwashing sink at the lower level observed missing handwashing signage. Provide to encourage handwashing.
When was Florentine Caffe last inspected?
Florentine Caffe has 64 inspections on record going back to February 7, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 22, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 28, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 18, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 3, 2024 | — | |
| April 25, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 17, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 12, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 15, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| October 31, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — |
Florentine Caffe vs North End
North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
Other spots in North End
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 July 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.