Vertex Pharmaceuticals Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 18, 2026
• address11 Fan Pier Bl, Boston 02210

Is Vertex Pharmaceuticals Cafe clean?

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 18, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Observed multiple squeeze bottles at pizza station stored unidentified. Provide a label with the common name of food items stored inside
  Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Observed multiple squeeze bottles at pizza station stored unidentified. Provide a label with the common name of food items stored inside
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Observed multiple food items (cut squash pasta -cook to order / sliced tomatoes raw steak tips - grill / pre-made chicken sandwich - salad bar) stored on service lines between 45F-56F. Discussed with PIC to maintain all cold held food items @ 41F or below. PIC removed / replacedcritical
  (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Observed multiple food items (cut squash pasta -cook to order / sliced tomatoes raw steak tips - grill / pre-made chicken sandwich - salad bar) stored on service lines between 45F-56F. Discussed with PIC to maintain all cold held food items @ 41F or below. PIC removed / replaced
• ⚠️Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C) • Observed heavy food spills on floors throughout kitchen area / grill station and main service line. Clean with frequency to ensure spills / food debris is removed
  Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C) • Observed heavy food spills on floors throughout kitchen area / grill station and main service line. Clean with frequency to ensure spills / food debris is removed

When was Vertex Pharmaceuticals Cafe last inspected?

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Cafe has 30 inspections on record going back to January 6, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals 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 9% 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 March 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.