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Pushcart Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 4, 2018
- address117 Salem St, Boston 02113
Is Pushcart Cafe clean?
Pushcart Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 4, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Pushcart Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 4, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Good Hygienic Practices • The chef is eating in the kitchen. No eating in the kitchen or prep area.criticalGood Hygienic Practices • The chef is eating in the kitchen. No eating in the kitchen or prep area.
- ⚠️Test Kit Provided • They are using bleach as a sanitizer but they have quats test strips. Provide chlorine test strips so sanitizer levels can be verified.Test Kit Provided • They are using bleach as a sanitizer but they have quats test strips. Provide chlorine test strips so sanitizer levels can be verified.
- ⚠️Location Accessible • There is a cart stored in front of the handsink in the kitchen and they are in service. Remove so employees can wash hands.criticalLocation Accessible • There is a cart stored in front of the handsink in the kitchen and they are in service. Remove so employees can wash hands.
When was Pushcart Cafe last inspected?
Pushcart Cafe has 29 inspections on record going back to July 23, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| October 4, 2018 | Pass | |
| September 27, 2018 | Fail | |
| February 16, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 9, 2018 | Fail | |
| September 7, 2017 | Pass | |
| November 18, 2016 | Pass | |
| February 26, 2016 | Pass | |
| February 18, 2016 | Fail | |
| November 2, 2015 | — | |
| March 18, 2015 | Pass | |
| March 13, 2015 | Fail |
Pushcart Cafe vs North End
North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, 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 October 4, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.