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Tatte Bakery & Cafe
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 4, 2026
- address359 Huntington Av, Boston 02115
Is Tatte Bakery & Cafe clean?
Tatte Bakery & Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 4, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Tatte Bakery & Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths not properly stored in sanitizing solutionWiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths not properly stored in sanitizing solution
- ⚠️(A) Gloves Use Limitation (P) • Multiple food handlers touching RTE food and multiple touch points wearing the single use glovescritical(A) Gloves Use Limitation (P) • Multiple food handlers touching RTE food and multiple touch points wearing the single use gloves
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Built up soils on interior and exterior of cabinets in Coffee bar Residue on exterior of food containersNonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Built up soils on interior and exterior of cabinets in Coffee bar Residue on exterior of food containers
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Heavy soils on ceiling tiles vents and attachments including high up at window (HVAC) system and attachmentsFloors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Heavy soils on ceiling tiles vents and attachments including high up at window (HVAC) system and attachments
- ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • Hand sinks on coffee bar and cold prep side does not have employee hand wash signHandwashing Signage (C) • Hand sinks on coffee bar and cold prep side does not have employee hand wash sign
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Cabinet in disrepair - Coffee stationMaintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Cabinet in disrepair - Coffee station
When was Tatte Bakery & Cafe last inspected?
Tatte Bakery & Cafe has 25 inspections on record going back to August 27, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2026 | — | |
| May 4, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 12, 2025 | — | |
| February 28, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 13, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 4, 2024 | — | |
| October 25, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 31, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 26, 2023 | — | |
| March 8, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 7, 2023 | Fail |
Tatte Bakery & Cafe vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, 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 May 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.