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Madhouse Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 30, 2026
- address24 Blue Hill Av, Roxbury 02119
Is Madhouse Cafe clean?
Madhouse Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 30, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Madhouse Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Unpaid fee for the 2026 City of Boston health permit - a current permit is needed to properly and legally operate a food service establishment in the City of BostonUnpaid fee for the 2026 City of Boston health permit - a current permit is needed to properly and legally operate a food service establishment in the City of Boston
When was Madhouse Cafe last inspected?
Madhouse Cafe has 13 inspections on record going back to September 28, 2022. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 30, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 28, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 20, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 5, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 28, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 4, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 26, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 10, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 11, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| September 30, 2022 | Pass |
Madhouse Cafe vs Roxbury
Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.
Against the 708 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, 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.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.