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Koko Coffee
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 20, 2026
- address255 State St, Boston 02110
Is Koko Coffee clean?
Koko Coffee is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Koko Coffee?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Employee making sandwich on production line without hair restraint. Provide.Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Employee making sandwich on production line without hair restraint. Provide.
- ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Employee cell phone placed in close proximity to food. Discontinue.Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Employee cell phone placed in close proximity to food. Discontinue.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Cut strawberries observed with no date marking. Provide for all foods held longer than 24 hours.Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Cut strawberries observed with no date marking. Provide for all foods held longer than 24 hours.
- ⚠️Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Prepped strawberries observed in refrigeration unit discolored and mushy. Person in charge discarded. Ensure proper rotation and food quality.Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Prepped strawberries observed in refrigeration unit discolored and mushy. Person in charge discarded. Ensure proper rotation and food quality.
When was Koko Coffee last inspected?
Koko Coffee has 25 inspections on record going back to August 22, 2022. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 12, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 2, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 18, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 11, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 11, 2026 | Pass | |
| August 6, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 7, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 27, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| October 1, 2024 | Pass |
Koko Coffee vs North End
North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.