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Zap Media Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 22, 2011
- address424 Beacon St, Boston 02115
Is Zap Media Cafe clean?
Zap Media Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 22, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Zap Media Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 22, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • provideEquipment Thermometers • provide
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean interior of single fridgeNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean interior of single fridge
When was Zap Media Cafe last inspected?
Zap Media Cafe has 10 inspections on record going back to August 29, 2008.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 22, 2011 | Pass | |
| March 3, 2011 | Fail | |
| September 15, 2010 | Pass | |
| February 9, 2010 | — | |
| September 24, 2009 | Pass | |
| June 12, 2009 | — | |
| March 23, 2009 | Pass | |
| January 7, 2009 | Pass | |
| December 12, 2008 | Fail | |
| August 29, 2008 | — |
Zap Media Cafe vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, 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 March 22, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.