J J Foley's Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 1, 2026
• address117 East Berkeley, Boston 02118

Is J J Foley's Cafe clean?

J J Foley's Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 1, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at J J Foley's Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • The certified food protection managers & Allergen awareness certificates have expired.Provide current certificates from a full time employee.
  (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • The certified food protection managers & Allergen awareness certificates have expired.Provide current certificates from a full time employee.
• ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Provide sanitizer test strips for the 3 bay sink (test done using the inspectors test kit)
  Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Provide sanitizer test strips for the 3 bay sink (test done using the inspectors test kit)
• ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (Pf) • The low temp bar & kitchen dish machines are not reading chlorine.Repair Maintain chlorine 50PPM or per manufactures instructions 3 bay sink to be used
  Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (Pf) • The low temp bar & kitchen dish machines are not reading chlorine.Repair Maintain chlorine 50PPM or per manufactures instructions 3 bay sink to be used
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the interiors of the fryer units to remove grease buildup. Clean the 6 burner range top to remove soils.
  Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the interiors of the fryer units to remove grease buildup. Clean the 6 burner range top to remove soils.
• ⚠️Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Clean the outside trash location to remove debris on the ground.
  Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Clean the outside trash location to remove debris on the ground.
• ⚠️Receptacles (C) • The outside trash receptacles are missing covers.Provide rodent proof trash receptacles.
  Receptacles (C) • The outside trash receptacles are missing covers.Provide rodent proof trash receptacles.
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean the wall around the dish machine to remove soils. Clean the ceilings throughout the kitchen to remove dust buildup.
  Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean the wall around the dish machine to remove soils. Clean the ceilings throughout the kitchen to remove dust buildup.
• ⚠️Light Bulbs Protective Shielding (C) • Replace the missing light shield above the prep location.
  Light Bulbs Protective Shielding (C) • Replace the missing light shield above the prep location.

When was J J Foley's Cafe last inspected?

J J Foley's Cafe has 52 inspections on record going back to June 27, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

J J Foley's Cafe vs Bay Village

Bay Village runs 88% clean across 350 tracked restaurants — 292 clean, 16 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 350 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Village, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.