Sidewalk Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 12, 2026
• address764 E Fourth St, South Boston 02127

Is Sidewalk Cafe clean?

Sidewalk Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 12, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Sidewalk Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(B) Cooling Methods (C) • 2 door flip top unit in kitchen9Next to door coming into kitchen) running @ 49-50f ensure proper cold hold of 41f or below
  (B) Cooling Methods (C) • 2 door flip top unit in kitchen9Next to door coming into kitchen) running @ 49-50f ensure proper cold hold of 41f or below
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cold hold of Ham @ 49f Cold hold of Sausages @ 49f ensure proper cold hold of 41f or belowcritical
  (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cold hold of Ham @ 49f Cold hold of Sausages @ 49f ensure proper cold hold of 41f or below
• ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Adequacy (C) • Hood baffles at cooking line with grease and carbon build up clean to remove
  Ventilation Hood Systems Adequacy (C) • Hood baffles at cooking line with grease and carbon build up clean to remove

When was Sidewalk Cafe last inspected?

Sidewalk Cafe has 67 inspections on record going back to May 9, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Sidewalk Cafe vs South Boston

South Boston runs 91% clean across 192 tracked restaurants — 163 clean, 9 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 192 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 9% of them.

Other spots in South Boston

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  clean · September 24, 2015
• ✓ Alfredo's Italian Kitchen
  clean · March 30, 2026
• ✓ Nicole's Seaside Cafe
  clean · August 7, 2007

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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 June 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.