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Other Side Cafe
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 21, 2012
- address407 Newbury St, Boston 02115
Is Other Side Cafe clean?
Other Side Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 21, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Other Side Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 21, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Properly store all wiping cloths in sanitizing solution in food prep area's.Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Properly store all wiping cloths in sanitizing solution in food prep area's.
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • Provide proper and adequate flow of hot and cold running water in establishment. (Problem with contractor is surrounding bu)siness.Installed and Maintained • Provide proper and adequate flow of hot and cold running water in establishment. (Problem with contractor is surrounding bu)siness.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Properly repair or replace all cracked floor tiles in dining/kitchen area's.Improper Maintenance of Floors • Properly repair or replace all cracked floor tiles in dining/kitchen area's.
When was Other Side Cafe last inspected?
Other Side Cafe has 32 inspections on record going back to July 2, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| March 28, 2012 | — | |
| March 21, 2012 | Fail | |
| November 29, 2011 | Pass | |
| November 22, 2011 | Fail | |
| May 12, 2011 | — | |
| April 22, 2011 | Fail | |
| November 22, 2010 | Pass | |
| November 15, 2010 | Fail | |
| September 3, 2010 | Fail |
Other Side Cafe vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 March 21, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.