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Jonquils Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 15, 2025
- address125 Newbury St, Boston 02116
Is Jonquils Cafe clean?
Jonquils Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 15, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Jonquils Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Warewashing Equipment Cleaning Agents (Pf) • Detergent dispenser for 3 compartment sink wash bay not functioning. Repair as needed. Staff adding soap manually.Warewashing Equipment Cleaning Agents (Pf) • Detergent dispenser for 3 compartment sink wash bay not functioning. Repair as needed. Staff adding soap manually.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior chute of ice machine with black mold-like substance. Clean and sanitize. Corrected on site.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior chute of ice machine with black mold-like substance. Clean and sanitize. Corrected on site.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Faucet at kitchen hand sink is loose and leaks. Repair/replace as needed to ensure proper hand washing. Service line dish machine leaksSystem Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Faucet at kitchen hand sink is loose and leaks. Repair/replace as needed to ensure proper hand washing. Service line dish machine leaks
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (C) • Rat droppings around base of hot water tank and behind service counter dish machine Clean and monitor. Send current pest reportControlling Pests (C) • Rat droppings around base of hot water tank and behind service counter dish machine Clean and monitor. Send current pest report
When was Jonquils Cafe last inspected?
Jonquils Cafe has 22 inspections on record going back to June 3, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 15, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| July 12, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 5, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 27, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 9, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 11, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 2, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 3, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 25, 2023 | Fail |
Jonquils Cafe vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 January 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.