Ethiopian Cafe

377 Centre St, Boston, MA 02130

Perfect · Jul 8, 2026 Directions
84
Good BiteKarma score 84 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

  • Last inspected Jul 8, 2026: perfect, no violations.
  • Keeps coming up: Person-in-charge-duties, cited 2 times, plus 7 other repeat issues.
  • Passed 4 of 10 graded inspections since 2023.
  • 7 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 10 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Perfect Jul 8

    Inspection

    No violations

  3. 2025
  4. Passed Oct 22

    Reinspection

    No violations

  5. Failed Oct 8

    Inspection

    1 violation
    • Minor Good repair and proper adjustment-equipment
  6. Failed Oct 2

    Inspection

    13 violations, 7 critical
    • Critical Cleaning procedure
    • Critical Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
    • Critical Person-in-charge-duties
    • Critical Where to wash
    • Critical Demonstration
    • Critical Gloves use limitation
    • Critical Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding
    • Minor Good repair and proper adjustment-equipment
    • Minor Repairing-premises structures attachments and fixtures-methods
    • Minor Food storage-preventing contamination from the premises
    • Minor Sponges use limitation
    • Minor Cutting surfaces
    • Minor Maintaining premises unnecessary items and litter

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