Friend Street Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 8, 2014 →
• address232 Friend St, Boston 02114

Is Friend Street Cafe clean?

Friend Street Cafe is no longer in business. Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division recorded it as out of business on October 23, 2015, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass on December 8, 2014. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

What did inspectors find at Friend Street Cafe?

No failed findings were recorded. Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division marked 2 code checks as passed on December 8, 2014.

Friend Street Cafe inspection and administrative history

Friend Street Cafe has 15 inspections on record going back to May 4, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 8, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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