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J And L Cafe
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 4, 2013
- address116 Washington St, Dorchester 02121
Is J And L Cafe clean?
J And L Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 4, 2013. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at J And L Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 4, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • provide a sanitizer and test kit for three compartment sinkcriticalFood Contact Surfaces Clean • provide a sanitizer and test kit for three compartment sink
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean interior/exterior of all floor freezers through-out basement areaNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean interior/exterior of all floor freezers through-out basement area
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • cap all pipes by front counter area (waste pipe andhot/cpld water pipesInstalled and Maintained • cap all pipes by front counter area (waste pipe andhot/cpld water pipes
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • clean floor under behind and between all equipment and shelves through-out cooking area all prep areas washing area and basement area clean floor through-out basement areaImproper Maintenance of Floors • clean floor under behind and between all equipment and shelves through-out cooking area all prep areas washing area and basement area clean floor through-out basement area
- ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded • provide end capes for all overhesd lights in cooking/prep areasFixture's not properly shielded • provide end capes for all overhesd lights in cooking/prep areas
When was J And L Cafe last inspected?
J And L Cafe has 7 inspections on record going back to June 11, 2012.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 18, 2013 | — | |
| October 4, 2013 | Fail | |
| May 1, 2013 | — | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| November 13, 2012 | — | |
| June 25, 2012 | Pass | |
| June 11, 2012 | Fail |
J And L Cafe vs Roxbury
Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.
Against the 708 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, 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.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 4, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.