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Italian Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 21, 2013
- address65 Broad St, Boston 02109
Is Italian Cafe clean?
Italian Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 21, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Italian Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 21, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cold Holding • There are items on the top of the refrigerator turkey 57F tuna 46F roast beef 46F. Provide proper cold holding of 41F or below. There are nine pizzas out at room temperature for the lunch rush but only a few slices have been sold during the inspection. Provide proper hot holding of 140F or above.criticalCold Holding • There are items on the top of the refrigerator turkey 57F tuna 46F roast beef 46F. Provide proper cold holding of 41F or below. There are nine pizzas out at room temperature for the lunch rush but only a few slices have been sold during the inspection. Provide proper hot holding of 140F or above.
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • There are small flies in the basement. Provide treatment by a licensed exterminator. The front door and the back door is open. Keep the doors closed or provide screens.Insects Rodents Animals • There are small flies in the basement. Provide treatment by a licensed exterminator. The front door and the back door is open. Keep the doors closed or provide screens.
- ⚠️Pesticide Usage • There are cans of raid in the basement. All pesticides need to be applied by a licensed exterminator.criticalPesticide Usage • There are cans of raid in the basement. All pesticides need to be applied by a licensed exterminator.
When was Italian Cafe last inspected?
Italian Cafe has 24 inspections on record going back to January 10, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| January 7, 2014 | — | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| August 21, 2013 | Pass | |
| August 14, 2013 | — | |
| August 7, 2013 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| October 31, 2012 | Pass | |
| October 24, 2012 | — | |
| October 22, 2012 | Fail | |
| January 19, 2012 | — | |
| January 9, 2012 | Fail |
Italian Cafe 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 August 21, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.