Poe-Lenta Italian Cafe

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 1, 2026 →
• address201 Brookline Av, Boston 02215

Is Poe-Lenta Italian Cafe clean?

Poe-Lenta Italian Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 1, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Poe-Lenta Italian Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Warewashing Machines Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf)
• ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C)
• ⚠️Before Use After Cleaning (P)critical

Poe-Lenta Italian Cafe inspection and administrative history

Poe-Lenta Italian Cafe has 7 inspections on record going back to November 4, 2024.

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Poe-Lenta Italian Cafe vs Fenway

Fenway runs 90% clean across 424 tracked restaurants — 374 clean, 21 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 424 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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