• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 13, 2026 →
• address255 Saint Botolph St, Boston 02115

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Is Rebecca's Cafe clean?

Rebecca's Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 13, 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 Rebecca's Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C)
• ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)critical
• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (Pf)
• ⚠️Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Hot Water Sanitization Temperatures (Pf)
• ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C)
• ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C)
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C)

Rebecca's Cafe inspection and administrative history

Rebecca's Cafe has 23 inspections on record going back to May 29, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Rebecca's Cafe vs South End

South End runs 83% clean across 677 tracked restaurants — 500 clean, 56 mid, 45 cooked.

Against the 677 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.

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  clean · February 14, 2024
• ✕ Thornton's Restaurant
  mid · July 15, 2026
• ✓ Brothers Market
  clean · January 13, 2026

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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 January 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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