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Side Street Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 22, 2016
- address79 Meridian St, East Boston 02128
Is Side Street Cafe clean?
Side Street Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 22, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Side Street Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 22, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • One of the hot holding unit not working properly. Repair or replace.Non-Food Contact Surfaces • One of the hot holding unit not working properly. Repair or replace.
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • Both Hand Washink Sinks leaking underneath. Bucket placed under. Repair.Installed and Maintained • Both Hand Washink Sinks leaking underneath. Bucket placed under. Repair.
- ⚠️PIC Knowledge • No evidence of employee certified in Food Safety . Provide evidence of certification.criticalPIC Knowledge • No evidence of employee certified in Food Safety . Provide evidence of certification.
- ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • Health Permit expired. Provide a current one.criticalPIC Performing Duties • Health Permit expired. Provide a current one.
When was Side Street Cafe last inspected?
Side Street Cafe has 39 inspections on record going back to October 23, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| March 22, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 14, 2016 | — | |
| March 7, 2016 | Fail | |
| November 30, 2015 | — | |
| November 12, 2015 | Fail | |
| August 14, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 6, 2015 | Fail | |
| April 17, 2015 | Pass | |
| April 7, 2015 | Fail | |
| November 21, 2014 | Pass |
Side Street Cafe 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 11% 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 March 22, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.