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Smfa Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 17, 2026
- address230 Fenway, Boston 02115
Is Smfa Cafe clean?
Smfa Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 17, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Smfa Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Prohibition-Jewelry (C) • Food handlers wearing bracelets etc during food prep/servingProhibition-Jewelry (C) • Food handlers wearing bracelets etc during food prep/serving
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Spoons at coffee station in waterIn-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Spoons at coffee station in water
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths not stored in a sanitizing solutionWiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths not stored in a sanitizing solution
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Using milk crates for shelving and storage in food prep/storage/walk in unitFood Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Using milk crates for shelving and storage in food prep/storage/walk in unit
- ⚠️Food Display-Preventing Contamination by Consumers (P) • Baked goods on bottom level not protected from contaminationcriticalFood Display-Preventing Contamination by Consumers (P) • Baked goods on bottom level not protected from contamination
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • At time of inspection Quats sanitizer was being used no quats test kit No test kit for produce washSanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • At time of inspection Quats sanitizer was being used no quats test kit No test kit for produce wash
- ⚠️(A) (B) and (D) Equipment Utensils Linens and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles Storing (C) • Pots pans etc. not inverted Ice buckets stored on top of ice machine Scoop stored in container on floor(A) (B) and (D) Equipment Utensils Linens and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles Storing (C) • Pots pans etc. not inverted Ice buckets stored on top of ice machine Scoop stored in container on floor
When was Smfa Cafe last inspected?
Smfa Cafe has 25 inspections on record going back to November 13, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 17, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 3, 2026 | Fail | |
| September 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 10, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 21, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 7, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 28, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 3, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 14, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 5, 2022 | Pass |
Smfa Cafe vs Longwood
Longwood runs 78% clean across 203 tracked restaurants — 153 clean, 19 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 203 spots Cooked tracks in Longwood, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 February 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.