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Refuge Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 23, 2017
- address155 Brighton Av, Allston 02134
Is Refuge Cafe clean?
Refuge Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 23, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Refuge Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 23, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Chlorine sanitizwe at the low temp dish machine........0 PPM. Range for chlorine sanitizer should be 50-200 PPM. Repair dish machine. Discontinue use of the dish machine until the sanitizer can be tested between 50-200 PPM. All items will be washed in the 3 bay sink until dish machine is repaired..criticalFood Contact Surfaces Clean • Chlorine sanitizwe at the low temp dish machine........0 PPM. Range for chlorine sanitizer should be 50-200 PPM. Repair dish machine. Discontinue use of the dish machine until the sanitizer can be tested between 50-200 PPM. All items will be washed in the 3 bay sink until dish machine is repaired..
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Keep all in use wiping coths in a sanitizing solution until needed. Wiping cloths observed left on counter tops and table tops in kitchen.Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Keep all in use wiping coths in a sanitizing solution until needed. Wiping cloths observed left on counter tops and table tops in kitchen.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Remove buildup from hood filters to hood above the cooking line.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Remove buildup from hood filters to hood above the cooking line.
- ⚠️Toxic Items: Original Container • Provide labels for all spray bottles containing toxic chemicalscriticalToxic Items: Original Container • Provide labels for all spray bottles containing toxic chemicals
When was Refuge Cafe last inspected?
Refuge Cafe has 21 inspections on record going back to September 14, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| August 23, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 9, 2017 | Fail | |
| March 24, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 10, 2017 | — | |
| May 20, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 6, 2016 | Fail | |
| November 24, 2015 | Pass | |
| November 17, 2015 | Fail | |
| January 22, 2015 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2015 | Fail | |
| February 19, 2014 | Pass |
Refuge Cafe vs Allston
Allston runs 88% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 415 clean, 35 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 August 23, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.