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Olde Boston Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 24, 2010
- address82 Water St, Boston 02109
Is Olde Boston Cafe clean?
Olde Boston Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 24, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Olde Boston Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 24, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cold Holding • Deli cheese stored sitting ontop of inserts to refridge.Food product needs to be stored inside pan inserts to maintain required temperature.Cheese was at 48.7FcriticalCold Holding • Deli cheese stored sitting ontop of inserts to refridge.Food product needs to be stored inside pan inserts to maintain required temperature.Cheese was at 48.7F
- ⚠️Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • Staff observed preparing cold foods without a hair restraint.Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • Staff observed preparing cold foods without a hair restraint.
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • No internal thermometer in dairy(milk) reach-in.Provide.Equipment Thermometers • No internal thermometer in dairy(milk) reach-in.Provide.
- ⚠️Hot and Cold Water • No hotwater at handsink in restroom.Provide.criticalHot and Cold Water • No hotwater at handsink in restroom.Provide.
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Sinage missing at handsink in kitchen.Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Sinage missing at handsink in kitchen.
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • Employee clothing stored lying ontop of customer take-out containers etc.Premises Maintained • Employee clothing stored lying ontop of customer take-out containers etc.
When was Olde Boston Cafe last inspected?
Olde Boston Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to January 29, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2010 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2010 | Fail | |
| January 29, 2010 | Pass |
Olde Boston Cafe vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 May 24, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.