Harbor Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 24, 2008
• address255 State St, Boston 02110

Is Harbor Cafe clean?

Harbor Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 24, 2008. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Harbor Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 24, 2008, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Protection • Do not store food products inside drygoods storage room
  Food Protection • Do not store food products inside drygoods storage room
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Do not store grease in a # 10 Can. Once can is opened discard immediately
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Do not store grease in a # 10 Can. Once can is opened discard immediately
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Provide proper storage of wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Provide proper storage of wiping cloths
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean shelf below utility sink
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean shelf below utility sink
• ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed • Clean floor area under salad bar
  Floors Designed Constructed Installed • Clean floor area under salad bar
• ⚠️Toxic Items: Original Container • Remove all painting supplies and other toxic items from room used to store food products and Supplies.critical
  Toxic Items: Original Container • Remove all painting supplies and other toxic items from room used to store food products and Supplies.

When was Harbor Cafe last inspected?

Harbor Cafe has 6 inspections on record going back to December 17, 2007.

Harbor Cafe 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 14% 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 November 24, 2008. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.