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Model Cafe
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 21, 2026
- address7 N Beacon St, Allston 02134
Is Model Cafe clean?
Model Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Model Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • No Certified Food Protection Manager certificate could be presented during the inspection only a Food Handler certificate but the person in charge was knowlegable the food all stored in correct hierarchy TCS foods labeled sanitizer set up properly and the person in charge states they will be taking the Certified Food Protection Manager and Allergen Awareness tests this upcoming weekd; send proof of receipt of the certifications and provide at least one Certified Food Protection Manager and Allergen Awareness certified person for the establishment.(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • No Certified Food Protection Manager certificate could be presented during the inspection only a Food Handler certificate but the person in charge was knowlegable the food all stored in correct hierarchy TCS foods labeled sanitizer set up properly and the person in charge states they will be taking the Certified Food Protection Manager and Allergen Awareness tests this upcoming weekd; send proof of receipt of the certifications and provide at least one Certified Food Protection Manager and Allergen Awareness certified person for the establishment.
When was Model Cafe last inspected?
Model Cafe has 13 inspections on record going back to May 11, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 21, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 16, 2026 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 15, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 2, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| December 13, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| November 9, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 2, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — |
Model Cafe vs Brighton
Brighton runs 82% clean across 486 tracked restaurants — 386 clean, 43 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 486 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.