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Il Giardino Cafe
- resultFail
- critical violations3
- last inspectedMay 15, 2008
- address132 Brookline Av, Boston 02215
Is Il Giardino Cafe clean?
Il Giardino Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 15, 2008. 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 Il Giardino Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 15, 2008, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cold Holding • Raw chicken in front refrigerator 48F and deli cold cuts in display fridge are 46F. Provide proper cold holding of 41 F or below. (Refrigerators were opened frequently during lunch)criticalCold Holding • Raw chicken in front refrigerator 48F and deli cold cuts in display fridge are 46F. Provide proper cold holding of 41 F or below. (Refrigerators were opened frequently during lunch)
- ⚠️Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • Walk- In Refrigerator: Thawing beef is and eggs are stored above vegetables and RTE items. Store properly to prevent cross-contamination.criticalSeparation Segregation Cross Contamination • Walk- In Refrigerator: Thawing beef is and eggs are stored above vegetables and RTE items. Store properly to prevent cross-contamination.
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • Pressure gauge is outside range. Provide proper pressure and temperatures.Equipment Thermometers • Pressure gauge is outside range. Provide proper pressure and temperatures.
- ⚠️Separation/Sanitizer Criteria • Wiping cloths are stored in over 200 ppm of chlorine. Provide proper sanitizer level.criticalSeparation/Sanitizer Criteria • Wiping cloths are stored in over 200 ppm of chlorine. Provide proper sanitizer level.
When was Il Giardino Cafe last inspected?
Il Giardino Cafe has 9 inspections on record going back to January 7, 2008.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| September 8, 2010 | — | |
| March 19, 2010 | — | |
| October 27, 2009 | — | |
| March 25, 2009 | — | |
| May 27, 2008 | — | |
| May 15, 2008 | Fail | |
| January 17, 2008 | Pass | |
| January 7, 2008 | Fail |
Il Giardino Cafe vs Fenway
Fenway runs 89% clean across 433 tracked restaurants — 379 clean, 23 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 433 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 May 15, 2008. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.