Safari M. Cafe

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 23, 2016 →
• address50 John Eliot Sq, Roxbury 02119

Is Safari M. Cafe clean?

Safari M. Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 23, 2016. 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 Safari M. Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 23, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals
• ⚠️Separation Segregation Cross Contaminationcritical
• ⚠️Food Protection
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
• ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
• ⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof
• ⚠️Outside Storage Improperly Maintained
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
• ⚠️Inadequate Lighting
• ⚠️Premises Maintained

Safari M. Cafe inspection and administrative history

Safari M. Cafe has 40 inspections on record going back to October 14, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Safari M. Cafe vs Mission Hill

Mission Hill runs 79% clean across 242 tracked restaurants — 183 clean, 24 mid, 25 cooked.

Against the 242 spots Cooked tracks in Mission Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.

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• ✓ Rebecca's Culinary Group
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• ✓ Mama's Place
  clean · November 14, 2013
• ✓ Roxbury Mini Market
  clean · February 19, 2026
• ✓ Fasika Cafe
  clean · April 21, 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 August 23, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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