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New Market Sq. Cafe
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 12, 2026
- address130 Newmarket Sq, Roxbury 02118
Is New Market Sq. Cafe clean?
New Market Sq. Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 12, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at New Market Sq. Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • PIC is having an issue with his Tax I.D. #(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • PIC is having an issue with his Tax I.D. #
When was New Market Sq. Cafe last inspected?
New Market Sq. Cafe has 43 inspections on record going back to September 30, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 15, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| February 19, 2026 | — | |
| February 12, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 4, 2026 | — | |
| January 28, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 20, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 6, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 5, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 4, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 3, 2025 | — | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| August 21, 2024 | Pass |
New Market Sq. Cafe 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 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 February 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.