Yamacu Cafe

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 18, 2023
• address12 Dade St, Roxbury 02119

Is Yamacu Cafe clean?

Yamacu Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 18, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Yamacu Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 18, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Observed dispenser for sanitizer not operating properly. Contact company for repairs for dispenser
  Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Observed dispenser for sanitizer not operating properly. Contact company for repairs for dispenser
• ⚠️Intensity-Lighting (C) • Observed light missing in walk in freezer. Replace
  Intensity-Lighting (C) • Observed light missing in walk in freezer. Replace
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Provide most current pest control report
  Controlling Pests (Pf) • Provide most current pest control report
• ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Observed hood sticker expired March 2023. Contact hood cleaning company fo immediate cleaning of hood
  Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Observed hood sticker expired March 2023. Contact hood cleaning company fo immediate cleaning of hood

When was Yamacu Cafe last inspected?

Yamacu Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to November 7, 2022.

Yamacu 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 11% of them.

Other spots in South End

• ✓ Sip Of Joy Cafe & Bakery
  clean · February 12, 2026
• ✓ Tremont Market
  clean · May 21, 2026
• ✓ Gifu
  clean · July 22, 2025
• ✓ Dave's Hot Chicken
  clean · June 8, 2026
• ✓ The Halal Guys
  clean · June 8, 2026
• ✓ Formaggio Kitchen
  clean · January 20, 2026

See every restaurant inspection in South End →

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 18, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.