Oliver's St Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 27, 2018
• address260 Franklin St, Boston 02110

Is Oliver's St Cafe clean?

Oliver's St Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 27, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Oliver's St Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 27, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Protection • Food prep conducted in 3 bay sink with dirty pots in sink. Daiscontinue food prep when dirty pots are present in the 3 bat suink. Conduct food prep in designated food prep sinks only.
  Food Protection • Food prep conducted in 3 bay sink with dirty pots in sink. Daiscontinue food prep when dirty pots are present in the 3 bat suink. Conduct food prep in designated food prep sinks only.
• ⚠️Good Hygienic Practices • With no hand soap in either of the 2 hand sinks in the kitchen observed no good hand washing practices.critical
  Good Hygienic Practices • With no hand soap in either of the 2 hand sinks in the kitchen observed no good hand washing practices.
• ⚠️Low Sanitizer Alarm • Bottom shelf to prep table in kitchen asnd top of grease trap have heasvy rust buildup. Clean units and remove rust buildup
  Low Sanitizer Alarm • Bottom shelf to prep table in kitchen asnd top of grease trap have heasvy rust buildup. Clean units and remove rust buildup
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained • Hose connected to the water heater in the kitchen is leaking. Raepair hose connection to ensure no leaks.
  Installed and Maintained • Hose connected to the water heater in the kitchen is leaking. Raepair hose connection to ensure no leaks.
• ⚠️Toilet Enclosed Clean • Hanbd sink in kitchen and hand sink at the service area both have no paper towels. Provide paper towels for both hand sinks.
  Toilet Enclosed Clean • Hanbd sink in kitchen and hand sink at the service area both have no paper towels. Provide paper towels for both hand sinks.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • baseboard to wall in corner of kitchen is detached from wall surface. Repair damaged baseboard. Stained ceiling tiles on ceiling of the kitchen. RAeplace stained ceiling tiles. Wall surface around the hand sink is damaged and faslling apart. Repair wall surface. Flaking paint on exterior of electrical panel at prep area. Reseal surface of electrical panel.
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • baseboard to wall in corner of kitchen is detached from wall surface. Repair damaged baseboard. Stained ceiling tiles on ceiling of the kitchen. RAeplace stained ceiling tiles. Wall surface around the hand sink is damaged and faslling apart. Repair wall surface. Flaking paint on exterior of electrical panel at prep area. Reseal surface of electrical panel.
• ⚠️Separation/Sanitizer Criteria • Spray bottles containing chemicals have no labels. Label as needed.critical
  Separation/Sanitizer Criteria • Spray bottles containing chemicals have no labels. Label as needed.

When was Oliver's St Cafe last inspected?

Oliver's St Cafe has 16 inspections on record going back to February 24, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Oliver's St Cafe vs Downtown

Downtown runs 89% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 851 clean, 49 mid, 61 cooked.

Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 27, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.