• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 8, 2022 →
• address980 Harrison Av, Roxbury 02119

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Is J's Cafe @Bos. W & S clean?

J's Cafe @Bos. W & S is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 8, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at J's Cafe @Bos. W & S?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on September 8, 2022. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

J's Cafe @Bos. W & S inspection and administrative history

J's Cafe @Bos. W & S has 58 inspections on record going back to November 16, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

J's Cafe @Bos. W & S vs South End

South End runs 83% clean across 677 tracked restaurants — 500 clean, 56 mid, 45 cooked.

Against the 677 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 8, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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