• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 24, 2008 →
• address255 State St, Boston 02109

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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?

No failed findings were recorded. Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division marked 6 code checks as passed on November 24, 2008.

Harbor Cafe inspection and administrative history

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

Harbor Cafe vs North End

North End runs 91% clean across 698 tracked restaurants — 578 clean, 33 mid, 26 cooked.

Against the 698 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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.

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

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