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Suffolk University Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 1, 2019
- address8 Ashburton Pl, Boston 02108
Is Suffolk University Cafe clean?
Suffolk University Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 1, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Suffolk University Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 1, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • No irreversible indicator for high temp dishwasher.Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • No irreversible indicator for high temp dishwasher.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Pink substance found in ice machine . EMPTY CLEAN AND SANITIZE.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Pink substance found in ice machine . EMPTY CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
When was Suffolk University Cafe last inspected?
Suffolk University Cafe has 35 inspections on record going back to May 29, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| October 1, 2019 | Pass | |
| September 24, 2019 | Fail | |
| April 29, 2019 | Pass | |
| December 10, 2018 | Pass | |
| May 8, 2018 | Pass | |
| September 13, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 24, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 15, 2016 | Pass | |
| September 12, 2016 | Fail | |
| September 8, 2016 | Pass |
Suffolk University Cafe vs Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill runs 85% clean across 149 tracked restaurants — 123 clean, 10 mid, 11 cooked.
Against the 149 spots Cooked tracks in Beacon Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 1, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.