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Serafina Boston
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 18, 2017
- address10 High St, Boston 02110
Is Serafina Boston clean?
Serafina Boston is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 18, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Serafina Boston?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 18, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Container Labels • Squeeze bottles with no labels. ProvideFood Container Labels • Squeeze bottles with no labels. Provide
- ⚠️Cold Holding • Diced onions and cooked meat inside of pans on ice with elevated temperatures of between 50-56F. Discontinue and ensure all potentially hazardous foods are being maintained at below 41F.criticalCold Holding • Diced onions and cooked meat inside of pans on ice with elevated temperatures of between 50-56F. Discontinue and ensure all potentially hazardous foods are being maintained at below 41F.
- ⚠️Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • Diced tomatoes cooked onions and other food products inside of the deli style coolers with elevated temperatures.PIC stated they had been prepared from earlier that day. Discontinue and ensure proper cooling methods are in place prior to being placed out for service. Foods were removed at the time of the inspection.Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • Diced tomatoes cooked onions and other food products inside of the deli style coolers with elevated temperatures.PIC stated they had been prepared from earlier that day. Discontinue and ensure proper cooling methods are in place prior to being placed out for service. Foods were removed at the time of the inspection.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Flip lid to deli cooler damaged and not operating properly. Address and make any necessary repairs.Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Flip lid to deli cooler damaged and not operating properly. Address and make any necessary repairs.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Interior of the ice chute with a sludge like substance. Clean to remove.criticalFood Contact Surfaces Clean • Interior of the ice chute with a sludge like substance. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage • Knife observed being stored in between two delinstle coolers. Discontinue and store all knives in a clean and protected area.Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage • Knife observed being stored in between two delinstle coolers. Discontinue and store all knives in a clean and protected area.
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Hand sink in the main kitchen are with no soap paper towels or signage. Provide.Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Hand sink in the main kitchen are with no soap paper towels or signage. Provide.
When was Serafina Boston last inspected?
Serafina Boston has 10 inspections on record going back to March 20, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| December 4, 2020 | — | |
| December 17, 2019 | — | |
| May 31, 2019 | — | |
| August 21, 2018 | — | |
| August 18, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 9, 2017 | Fail | |
| December 14, 2016 | Pass | |
| December 7, 2016 | Fail | |
| March 20, 2015 | Pass |
Serafina Boston 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 August 18, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.