Cooked?
Vivian's Cafe
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 6, 2015
- address50 Terminal St, Charlestown 02129
Is Vivian's Cafe clean?
Vivian's Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 6, 2015. 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 Vivian's Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 6, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed • Repair badly worn areas of the floor where neededFloors Designed Constructed Installed • Repair badly worn areas of the floor where needed
- ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • Repair holes and damages areas where neededWalls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • Repair holes and damages areas where needed
- ⚠️PIC Knowledge • No current health permit -no current food safety certification - providecriticalPIC Knowledge • No current health permit -no current food safety certification - provide
When was Vivian's Cafe last inspected?
Vivian's Cafe has 28 inspections on record going back to November 29, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| January 13, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| January 6, 2015 | Fail | |
| February 18, 2014 | — | |
| February 6, 2014 | Fail | |
| January 30, 2014 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| March 22, 2013 | — | |
| March 13, 2013 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| October 19, 2012 | — | |
| October 5, 2012 | Fail |
Vivian's Cafe vs Charlestown
Charlestown runs 92% clean across 198 tracked restaurants — 178 clean, 7 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 198 spots Cooked tracks in Charlestown, 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 January 6, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.