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Spoon Cafe
- resultFail
- critical violations3
- last inspectedOctober 5, 2018
- address578 Huntington Av, Mission Hill 02120
Is Spoon Cafe clean?
Spoon Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 5, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Spoon Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 5, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cold Holding • Fried shrimp and cut vegetables on counter at 66-71F prepared at opening of establishment at 11am. Products must be cold held at 41F or below. Voluntarily discarded at time of inspectioncriticalCold Holding • Fried shrimp and cut vegetables on counter at 66-71F prepared at opening of establishment at 11am. Products must be cold held at 41F or below. Voluntarily discarded at time of inspection
- ⚠️PIC Knowledge • Establishment operating with an approved HACCP plan from the City of Boston Health Department. Provide documentation and submit information for review for HACCP approval. Phone conversation held at time of inspection with Principal Inspector Thomas McAdams regarding violations.criticalPIC Knowledge • Establishment operating with an approved HACCP plan from the City of Boston Health Department. Provide documentation and submit information for review for HACCP approval. Phone conversation held at time of inspection with Principal Inspector Thomas McAdams regarding violations.
- ⚠️Conformance w/ Approved Procedures • No documentation at establishment for approved HACCP plan on site. No ducumentation of lab testing or daily testing of acidified rice- ProvidecriticalConformance w/ Approved Procedures • No documentation at establishment for approved HACCP plan on site. No ducumentation of lab testing or daily testing of acidified rice- Provide
When was Spoon Cafe last inspected?
Spoon Cafe has 16 inspections on record going back to August 20, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| October 5, 2018 | Fail | |
| January 31, 2018 | Pass | |
| September 18, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 6, 2017 | Fail | |
| October 19, 2016 | Pass | |
| October 12, 2016 | Fail | |
| October 21, 2015 | Pass | |
| April 23, 2015 | — | |
| October 7, 2014 | Pass | |
| December 30, 2013 | — |
Spoon 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 6% 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 5, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.