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Sweetwater Cafe
- resultFail
- critical violations3
- last inspectedJune 24, 2014
- address3 Boylston Pl, Boston 02116
Is Sweetwater Cafe clean?
Sweetwater Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 24, 2014. 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 Sweetwater Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 24, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • Chicken wings cooling at room temperarure 30 mins per PIC. Wings 108F. Cool properly as reviewed.Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • Chicken wings cooling at room temperarure 30 mins per PIC. Wings 108F. Cool properly as reviewed.
- ⚠️Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • Raw chicken stored above or next to ready to eat. PIC corrected.criticalSeparation Segregation Cross Contamination • Raw chicken stored above or next to ready to eat. PIC corrected.
- ⚠️Washing fruits and veg's. • Discontinue rinsing fruit in the bar dump sink.Washing fruits and veg's. • Discontinue rinsing fruit in the bar dump sink.
- ⚠️Prevention of Contamination from Hands • Staff touching rolls with bare hands. Discontinue. Ddiscard rolls and retraincriticalPrevention of Contamination from Hands • Staff touching rolls with bare hands. Discontinue. Ddiscard rolls and retrain
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • CO2 tanks not secured.Non-Food Contact Surfaces • CO2 tanks not secured.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Low temp dishwasher not registering chlorine. Repaired by PIC. Chlorine 50 PPMcriticalFood Contact Surfaces Clean • Low temp dishwasher not registering chlorine. Repaired by PIC. Chlorine 50 PPM
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Soiled wiping cloths not stored in sanitizing solution.Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Soiled wiping cloths not stored in sanitizing solution.
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • Rinse hose falls below sink rim. RepairInstalled and Maintained • Rinse hose falls below sink rim. Repair
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No paper towels at the bar hand sinkHand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No paper towels at the bar hand sink
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Damaged floor sections in kitchen and bar where floor mushy need repair.Improper Maintenance of Floors • Damaged floor sections in kitchen and bar where floor mushy need repair.
- ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • Clean interior walls / ceiling of walkin to remove mold like substance. Clean keg hoses compressor.Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • Clean interior walls / ceiling of walkin to remove mold like substance. Clean keg hoses compressor.
When was Sweetwater Cafe last inspected?
Sweetwater Cafe has 17 inspections on record going back to April 16, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| July 8, 2014 | — | |
| July 2, 2014 | — | |
| June 24, 2014 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| March 13, 2013 | Pass | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| October 10, 2012 | Pass | |
| October 3, 2012 | Fail | |
| May 4, 2011 | Pass | |
| April 2, 2011 | Fail | |
| March 18, 2011 | Fail |
Sweetwater Cafe vs Bay Village
Bay Village runs 88% clean across 350 tracked restaurants — 292 clean, 16 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 350 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Village, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 June 24, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.