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Sebastians Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 27, 2014
- address1 Devonshire Pl, Boston 02109
Is Sebastians Cafe clean?
Sebastians Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 27, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Sebastians Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 27, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • Stand up unit running at 47F / Repair and do not use unit until repair is made.Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • Stand up unit running at 47F / Repair and do not use unit until repair is made.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Floors throughout and behind equipment with visible soils / Clean to remove.Improper Maintenance of Floors • Floors throughout and behind equipment with visible soils / Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Ceiling tiles with dust build up and stains / Clean or replace ceiling tiles.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Ceiling tiles with dust build up and stains / Clean or replace ceiling tiles.
When was Sebastians Cafe last inspected?
Sebastians Cafe has 18 inspections on record going back to September 14, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 27, 2014 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2014 | Fail | |
| February 4, 2014 | — | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| June 12, 2013 | Pass | |
| May 29, 2013 | Fail | |
| May 13, 2013 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| November 2, 2012 | — | |
| October 26, 2012 | Fail | |
| March 9, 2012 | Pass | |
| March 1, 2012 | Fail |
Sebastians Cafe vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 October 27, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.