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Phinista Cafe

health inspection result · Longwood · Boston

mid

A raised eyebrow.

The current published rating reads mid. Read the dated record before deciding.

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Is Phinista Cafe clean?

Phinista Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 8, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Phinista Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

  • ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings Utility Lines (C)

Phinista Cafe inspection and administrative history

Phinista Cafe has 23 inspections on record going back to January 25, 2024. The 12 most recent are shown below.

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History worth a look: 3 of these 10 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

September 8, 2026 Fail Eating & Drinking w/ Take Out · 1 failed finding

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September 1, 2026 Administrative hearing Eating & Drinking w/ Take Out · 3 failed findings

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August 25, 2026 Fail Eating & Drinking w/ Take Out · 11 failed findings

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August 20, 2026 Pass Eating & Drinking w/ Take Out · 0 failed findings

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August 3, 2026 Fail Eating & Drinking w/ Take Out · 1 failed finding

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July 22, 2026 Fail Eating & Drinking w/ Take Out · 1 failed finding

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July 15, 2026 Fail Eating & Drinking w/ Take Out · 12 failed findings

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May 26, 2026 Pass Eating & Drinking w/ Take Out · 0 failed findings

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May 18, 2026 Fail Eating & Drinking w/ Take Out · 3 failed findings

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May 12, 2026 Administrative hearing Eating & Drinking w/ Take Out · 13 failed findings

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May 8, 2026 Fail Eating & Drinking w/ Take Out · 16 failed findings

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August 5, 2025 Pass Eating & Drinking w/ Take Out · 0 failed findings

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Phinista Cafe vs Longwood

Longwood runs 81% clean across 199 tracked restaurants — 154 clean, 18 mid, 19 cooked.

Against the 199 spots Cooked tracks in Longwood, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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