Elements Cafe

77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115

Failed · Oct 30, 2026 Directions
62
Poor BiteKarma score 62 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Keeps coming up: Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding, cited 4 times, plus 10 other repeat issues.
  • Passed 2 of 9 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Last inspected Oct 30, 2026: failed with 1 violation.
  • 12 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 9 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Failed Oct 30

    Inspection

    1 violation
    • Minor Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C)
  3. Failed Oct 16

    Inspection

    3 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Controlling pests
    • Critical Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding
    • Minor Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability
  4. Failed Oct 13

    Inspection

    13 violations, 4 critical
    • Critical Controlling pests
    • Critical Person-in-charge-duties
    • Critical Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding
    • Critical Clean condition-hands and arms
    • Minor Wiping cloths use limitation
    • Minor Equipment and utensils air-drying required
    • Minor Storing maintenance tools
    • Minor Effectiveness-hair restraints
    • Minor Cooking and baking equipment
    • Minor Food storage-preventing contamination from the premises
    • Minor Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability
    • Minor Food preparation
    • Minor Equipment utensils linens and single-service and single-use articles storing
  5. 2025
  6. Failed Sep 2

    Inspection

    14 violations, 6 critical
    • Critical When to wash
    • Critical Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
    • Critical Gloves use limitation
    • Critical Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding
    • Critical Food labels
    • Critical Controlling pests
    • Minor Food storage containers identified with common name of food
    • Minor Repairing-premises structures attachments and fixtures-methods
    • Minor Cleaning receptacles
    • Minor Maintaining refuse areas and enclosures
    • Minor Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability
    • Minor Equipment and utensils air-drying required
    • Minor Food storage-preventing contamination from the premises
    • Minor Wiping cloths use limitation

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