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The Farmacy Cafe
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 22, 2022
- address19 Dry Dock Av, Boston 02210
Is The Farmacy Cafe clean?
The Farmacy Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 22, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at The Farmacy Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 22, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Workers without hair restraints. Provide.Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Workers without hair restraints. Provide.
- ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No V&D kit. Provide. Emailed procedures to PIC.Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No V&D kit. Provide. Emailed procedures to PIC.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Prepared chicken not date marked in cooler. Provide.Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Prepared chicken not date marked in cooler. Provide.
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Chlorine test kit on site. Provide quats test kit for sanitizer in use.Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Chlorine test kit on site. Provide quats test kit for sanitizer in use.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Floors with visible soils under and around equipment. Inside reach in coolers with food soils. Clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Floors with visible soils under and around equipment. Inside reach in coolers with food soils. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Service Sink (C) • No mop sink on site. Provide.Service Sink (C) • No mop sink on site. Provide.
- ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • Damaged paint on wall at end of cookline. Clean and resurface.Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • Damaged paint on wall at end of cookline. Clean and resurface.
- ⚠️Storing Maintenance Tools (C) • Mops stored on floor next to handsink. Store properly.Storing Maintenance Tools (C) • Mops stored on floor next to handsink. Store properly.
When was The Farmacy Cafe last inspected?
The Farmacy Cafe has 17 inspections on record going back to June 13, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| August 17, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| July 6, 2022 | — | |
| June 29, 2022 | — | |
| June 22, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| April 21, 2021 | — | |
| April 14, 2021 | Fail | |
| June 6, 2019 | Pass | |
| May 28, 2019 | Fail |
The Farmacy Cafe vs South Boston Waterfront
South Boston Waterfront runs 93% clean across 391 tracked restaurants — 333 clean, 15 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 391 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston Waterfront, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 22, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.