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M.G.S. Cafe Inc.
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 21, 2020
- address720 Harrison Av, Boston 02118
Is M.G.S. Cafe Inc. clean?
M.G.S. Cafe Inc. is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 21, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at M.G.S. Cafe Inc.?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 21, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • PIC will need to review with staff not to store product on the floors in the walk ins.Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • PIC will need to review with staff not to store product on the floors in the walk ins.
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • PIC will need to irreversible measuring device for the high temperature dishwasher as discussed.Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • PIC will need to irreversible measuring device for the high temperature dishwasher as discussed.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • PIC will need to clean the floor behind the front counter around the covering. Visibly soiled. Clean the walls around hot holding unit and hand sink. Soiled.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • PIC will need to clean the floor behind the front counter around the covering. Visibly soiled. Clean the walls around hot holding unit and hand sink. Soiled.
When was M.G.S. Cafe Inc. last inspected?
M.G.S. Cafe Inc. has 34 inspections on record going back to December 17, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| January 21, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 9, 2020 | Fail | |
| August 27, 2019 | — | |
| March 22, 2019 | — | |
| October 1, 2018 | — | |
| May 2, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 24, 2018 | Fail | |
| July 14, 2017 | — | |
| February 21, 2017 | Pass | |
| November 28, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 16, 2016 | Fail |
M.G.S. Cafe Inc. vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, 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 21, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.