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Grass Roots Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 25, 2013
- address93 Arch St, Boston 02110
Is Grass Roots Cafe clean?
Grass Roots Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 25, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Grass Roots Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 25, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Labeling of Ingredients • There are no sub-ingredients on the grab and go items. Provide detailed allergy information for all items.criticalLabeling of Ingredients • There are no sub-ingredients on the grab and go items. Provide detailed allergy information for all items.
- ⚠️Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • The tuna is mixed from room temperature items and it is cooling on the top of the sandwich unit. Provide proper cooling methods.Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • The tuna is mixed from room temperature items and it is cooling on the top of the sandwich unit. Provide proper cooling methods.
When was Grass Roots Cafe last inspected?
Grass Roots Cafe has 19 inspections on record going back to November 18, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| June 25, 2013 | Pass | |
| June 17, 2013 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| November 26, 2012 | Pass | |
| November 16, 2012 | Fail | |
| February 22, 2012 | Pass | |
| February 13, 2012 | Fail | |
| August 8, 2011 | Pass | |
| May 28, 2010 | Pass | |
| May 18, 2010 | Fail | |
| February 4, 2010 | Pass |
Grass Roots Cafe vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.