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Salamanders Coffee Place
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 5, 2015
- address154 Maverick St, East Boston 02128
Is Salamanders Coffee Place clean?
Salamanders Coffee Place is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 5, 2015. 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 Salamanders Coffee Place?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 5, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • Providerovide proper 2015 Health Permit. 8-303.20criticalPIC Performing Duties • Providerovide proper 2015 Health Permit. 8-303.20
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Provide paper towels for hand sink.Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Provide paper towels for hand sink.
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • Provide visible thermometers where necessary.Equipment Thermometers • Provide visible thermometers where necessary.
When was Salamanders Coffee Place last inspected?
Salamanders Coffee Place has 8 inspections on record going back to August 16, 2013.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| January 13, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| January 5, 2015 | Fail | |
| July 18, 2014 | Pass | |
| July 14, 2014 | Fail | |
| January 29, 2014 | Pass | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| August 16, 2013 | Pass |
Salamanders Coffee Place 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 6% 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 January 5, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.