• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 8, 2008 →
• address39 First Av, Charlestown 02129

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Is Hot Off The Press Cafe/Bakery clean?

Hot Off The Press Cafe/Bakery is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 8, 2008. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Hot Off The Press Cafe/Bakery?

No failed findings were recorded. Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division marked 7 code checks as passed on February 8, 2008.

When was Hot Off The Press Cafe/Bakery last inspected?

Hot Off The Press Cafe/Bakery has 4 inspections on record going back to October 4, 2007.

Hot Off The Press Cafe/Bakery vs Charlestown

Charlestown runs 95% clean across 194 tracked restaurants — 179 clean, 6 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 194 spots Cooked tracks in Charlestown, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 February 8, 2008. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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