• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 13, 2008 →
• address170 Brighton Av, Allston 02134

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Is Reef Cafe clean?

Reef Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 13, 2008. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Reef Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 13, 2008, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
• ⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings

Reef Cafe inspection and administrative history

Reef Cafe has 7 inspections on record going back to July 18, 2007.

Reef Cafe vs Allston

Allston runs 88% clean across 492 tracked restaurants — 414 clean, 34 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 492 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, 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 November 13, 2008. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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