Cooked?Nuba Cafe
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 30, 2026 →
- address742 Columbus Av, Mission Hill 02120
Is Nuba Cafe clean?
Nuba Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 30, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Nuba Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Labels (Pf)
- ⚠️Consumption of Animal Foods that are Raw Undercooked or Not Otherwise Processed to Eliminate Pathogens (Pf)
- ⚠️Floor and Wall Junctures Coved and Enclosed or Sealed (C)
- ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C)
When was Nuba Cafe last inspected?
Nuba Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to July 27, 2026.
July 30, 2026 Fail
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View full inspection →Nuba Cafe vs South End
South End runs 82% clean across 675 tracked restaurants — 493 clean, 56 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 675 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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