Pavement Coffee House

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 2, 2026
• address286 Newbury St, Boston 02115

Is Pavement Coffee House clean?

Pavement Coffee House is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 2, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Pavement Coffee House?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 2, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • Per a discussion with the person in charge there are no procedures on site to address a vomit and diarrhea event; provide.
  Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • Per a discussion with the person in charge there are no procedures on site to address a vomit and diarrhea event; provide.
• ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • The designated person in charge was unable to answer questions regarding food safety illness policy sanitization; provide a person in charge who is knowlegable about food safety illness policy sanitization and illness policy.
  (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • The designated person in charge was unable to answer questions regarding food safety illness policy sanitization; provide a person in charge who is knowlegable about food safety illness policy sanitization and illness policy.
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Observed dairy milk carton left on counter at 65F and nondairy milk carton left on counter at 58F; the employee stated that the milks had been out on the counter less than 30 minutes and they placed all the TCS foods into active refrigeration; hold cold TCS foods at or below 35F.critical
  (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Observed dairy milk carton left on counter at 65F and nondairy milk carton left on counter at 58F; the employee stated that the milks had been out on the counter less than 30 minutes and they placed all the TCS foods into active refrigeration; hold cold TCS foods at or below 35F.
• ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • In a standing refrigerator observed pickled onions with a discard date of 4-20-2026 that per the person in charge are made at their commissary. Ready-to-eat foods shall not exceed holding more than 7-days at 41F or below. The pickled onions have hereby been embargoed and will not be used until approved by the Regulatory Authority.
  Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • In a standing refrigerator observed pickled onions with a discard date of 4-20-2026 that per the person in charge are made at their commissary. Ready-to-eat foods shall not exceed holding more than 7-days at 41F or below. The pickled onions have hereby been embargoed and will not be used until approved by the Regulatory Authority.
• ⚠️Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • No thin stemmed food thermometer was able to be presented during the inspection only an IR thermometer gun; provide a thin stemmed food thermometer on site at all times.
  Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • No thin stemmed food thermometer was able to be presented during the inspection only an IR thermometer gun; provide a thin stemmed food thermometer on site at all times.
• ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No test device for chlorine or quats was able to be presented during the inspection; provide test devices for the sanitizers used at the establishment at all times.
  Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No test device for chlorine or quats was able to be presented during the inspection; provide test devices for the sanitizers used at the establishment at all times.
• ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • At the chemical warewashing machine tested 0ppm chlorine for two cycles then observed that the sanitizer bottle for the machine was empty; after replacing the bottle of sanitizer tested at 100ppm. Sanitizer from the warewashing machine should be at manafactuerer's specifications and not 0ppm. | At two red sanitizer buckets tested 0ppm for quats using the health inspector's test strips with one other red bucket testing at 200ppm quats; quats should be at manafactuerer's specfications in solution.critical
  Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • At the chemical warewashing machine tested 0ppm chlorine for two cycles then observed that the sanitizer bottle for the machine was empty; after replacing the bottle of sanitizer tested at 100ppm. Sanitizer from the warewashing machine should be at manafactuerer's specifications and not 0ppm. | At two red sanitizer buckets tested 0ppm for quats using the health inspector's test strips with one other red bucket testing at 200ppm quats; quats should be at manafactuerer's specfications in solution.
• ⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C) • During the inspection the rear exit to the establishment was propped open; outer opening doors shall be closed to prevent pest entry.
  Outer Openings Protected (C) • During the inspection the rear exit to the establishment was propped open; outer opening doors shall be closed to prevent pest entry.
• ⚠️Provide signage stating "A copy of the most recent health inspection is available to view upon request." Provide updated allergen awareness poster in back of house for employees
  Provide signage stating "A copy of the most recent health inspection is available to view upon request." Provide updated allergen awareness poster in back of house for employees

When was Pavement Coffee House last inspected?

Pavement Coffee House has 64 inspections on record going back to May 14, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Pavement Coffee House 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 19% of them.

Other spots in Back Bay

• ? Pavement Coffee House
  not rated · January 3, 2024
• ✓ The Upper Crust
  clean · September 18, 2012
• ✓ Match Burger & Martinis
  clean · September 30, 2010
• ✓ Best Of Boston At Prudential
  clean · July 3, 2018
• ✓ T.H. Boylston Inc.
  clean · November 24, 2020
• ✓ Cherry Mart
  clean · September 8, 2010

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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 April 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.