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Temptations Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 23, 2018
- address309 Huntington Av, Boston 02115
Is Temptations Cafe clean?
Temptations Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 23, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Temptations Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 23, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Adequate Handwashing/Where/When/How • Emplyees unable to properly wash hands with no soap and no papertowels. CorrectedcriticalAdequate Handwashing/Where/When/How • Emplyees unable to properly wash hands with no soap and no papertowels. Corrected
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Store bags used to store foods in freezer and refrigeration. Discontinue and provide food grade containersFood Contact Surfaces Design • Store bags used to store foods in freezer and refrigeration. Discontinue and provide food grade containers
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No paper towels at back sink in warewashing No soap at front handwash sink- Corrected at time of inspectionHand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No paper towels at back sink in warewashing No soap at front handwash sink- Corrected at time of inspection
- ⚠️Separation/Sanitizer Criteria • Sanitizer set up in 3 bay sink at above 100ppm chlorine. Test sanitizer before use to ensure chlorine sanitizer is at 50-100ppmcriticalSeparation/Sanitizer Criteria • Sanitizer set up in 3 bay sink at above 100ppm chlorine. Test sanitizer before use to ensure chlorine sanitizer is at 50-100ppm
- ⚠️Medicines FirstAid Storage • Bag with medicine stored above prep area- Remove and provide proper area for storagecriticalMedicines FirstAid Storage • Bag with medicine stored above prep area- Remove and provide proper area for storage
When was Temptations Cafe last inspected?
Temptations Cafe has 43 inspections on record going back to February 25, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| July 23, 2018 | Pass | |
| July 11, 2018 | Fail | |
| March 2, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 23, 2018 | Fail | |
| September 26, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 25, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 10, 2017 | Fail | |
| June 23, 2016 | — | |
| January 20, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2016 | Fail | |
| August 14, 2015 | Pass |
Temptations 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 19% 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 July 23, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.