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Intelligentsia Coffee
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 6, 2026
- address225 Franklin St, Boston 02110
Is Intelligentsia Coffee clean?
Intelligentsia Coffee is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 6, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Intelligentsia Coffee?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cleaning Agents and Sanitizers Availability (Pf) • No detergent connected to high temperature dish machine. Provide or call for service.Cleaning Agents and Sanitizers Availability (Pf) • No detergent connected to high temperature dish machine. Provide or call for service.
When was Intelligentsia Coffee last inspected?
Intelligentsia Coffee has 26 inspections on record going back to August 10, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 23, 2026 | — | |
| February 6, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 1, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 4, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 20, 2024 | — | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| May 31, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — |
Intelligentsia Coffee 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 February 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.