Garifuna Cafe

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedApril 20, 2018
• address143 Washington St, Dorchester 02121

Is Garifuna Cafe clean?

Garifuna Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 20, 2018. 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 Garifuna Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 20, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Labeling of Ingredients • Packaged (in house ) salads out for retail sale without the proper ingredient list address as discussed during inspectioncritical
  Labeling of Ingredients • Packaged (in house ) salads out for retail sale without the proper ingredient list address as discussed during inspection
• ⚠️Food Thermometers Provided • Replace broken food thermometer
  Food Thermometers Provided • Replace broken food thermometer
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Resurface all exposed wooden shelving located throughout the kitchen area
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Resurface all exposed wooden shelving located throughout the kitchen area
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Set up sanitizing buckets cor both raw foods and ready to eat foods ( food contact surfaces )
  Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Set up sanitizing buckets cor both raw foods and ready to eat foods ( food contact surfaces )
• ⚠️Improper Storage of Re-usable Utensils • Clean pots and pans stored beside the " wash " basin of the three bay sink without a barrier address. - relocate clean cuttng boards stored beside the raw prep area
  Improper Storage of Re-usable Utensils • Clean pots and pans stored beside the " wash " basin of the three bay sink without a barrier address. - relocate clean cuttng boards stored beside the raw prep area
• ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded • Missing covers on lights in the kitchen / prep area. address
  Fixture's not properly shielded • Missing covers on lights in the kitchen / prep area. address
• ⚠️Inadequate Lighting • Missing a light located directly above the prep line. address
  Inadequate Lighting • Missing a light located directly above the prep line. address
• ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • No current health permit on site. - name on menu's are not the same as what is licensed with the city. Address as discussed during inspectioncritical
  PIC Performing Duties • No current health permit on site. - name on menu's are not the same as what is licensed with the city. Address as discussed during inspection
• ⚠️Consumer Advisories • No consumer advisory on menu items offered under cooked. ( crevice - eggs - steak tips ) address as discussed during inspectioncritical
  Consumer Advisories • No consumer advisory on menu items offered under cooked. ( crevice - eggs - steak tips ) address as discussed during inspection

When was Garifuna Cafe last inspected?

Garifuna Cafe has 7 inspections on record going back to November 1, 2016.

Garifuna Cafe vs Roxbury

Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.

Against the 708 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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 April 20, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.