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Food For Thought Dining
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 25, 2014
- address94 Massachusetts Av, Boston 02115
Is Food For Thought Dining clean?
Food For Thought Dining is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 25, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Food For Thought Dining?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 25, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • Provide manufacturers placard for low temperature dishmachine.Dishwashng Facilities • Provide manufacturers placard for low temperature dishmachine.
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Drain like flies at the bar and back beverage area. PIC stated on-going pest efforts with a licensed exterminator.Insects Rodents Animals • Drain like flies at the bar and back beverage area. PIC stated on-going pest efforts with a licensed exterminator.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean walls at bar and coffee/ beverage station to remove soils and support pest control efforts.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean walls at bar and coffee/ beverage station to remove soils and support pest control efforts.
- ⚠️Inadequate Lighting • Walkin and rear trash storage not well lit.Inadequate Lighting • Walkin and rear trash storage not well lit.
When was Food For Thought Dining last inspected?
Food For Thought Dining has 13 inspections on record going back to January 19, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| June 25, 2014 | Pass | |
| June 18, 2014 | Fail | |
| June 9, 2014 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| June 29, 2012 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2012 | Pass | |
| May 10, 2012 | Fail | |
| March 30, 2012 | Pass | |
| March 23, 2012 | Fail | |
| November 3, 2011 | Pass | |
| May 20, 2011 | Pass |
Food For Thought Dining vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 June 25, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.