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Kwench Juice Cafe
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 22, 2026
- address230 Congress St, Boston 02110
Is Kwench Juice Cafe clean?
Kwench Juice Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 22, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Kwench Juice Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Handles of scoops observed in multiple products. Discontinue.In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Handles of scoops observed in multiple products. Discontinue.
- ⚠️Cleaning Agents and Sanitizers Availability (Pf) • Sanitizer in 3 bay sink tested at 0ppm. This was corrected on site.Cleaning Agents and Sanitizers Availability (Pf) • Sanitizer in 3 bay sink tested at 0ppm. This was corrected on site.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Ice machine observed with soils inside the interior of the unit. Clean to remove.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Ice machine observed with soils inside the interior of the unit. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Items observed in warewash area hand sink. Discontinue.Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Items observed in warewash area hand sink. Discontinue.
When was Kwench Juice Cafe last inspected?
Kwench Juice Cafe has 12 inspections on record going back to October 31, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 22, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 10, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 2, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 8, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 1, 2025 | Fail | |
| September 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 2, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| July 19, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| October 31, 2022 | Pass |
Kwench Juice Cafe vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 July 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.