McKenna's Cafe

109 Savin Hill Av, Boston, MA 02125

Passed re-check · Aug 14, 2026 Directions
68
Poor BiteKarma score 68 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 Aug 14, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Aug 6, 2026.
  • Keeps coming up: Backflow prevention, cited 3 times, plus 12 other repeat issues.
  • Passed 10 of 29 graded inspections since 2023.
  • 7 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 29 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Aug 14

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. Failed Aug 6

    Inspection

    1 violation
    • Minor Cleaning ventilation systems nuisance and discharge prohibition
  4. Failed Jul 30

    Inspection

    7 violations, 4 critical
    • Critical Sanitizers criteria-chemicals
    • Critical Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
    • Critical Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding
    • Critical Manual and mechanical warewashing equipment chemical sanitization-temperature pH concentration and hardness
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
    • Minor Cleaning ventilation systems nuisance and discharge prohibition
    • Minor Manual warewashing equipment chemical sanitization using detergent-sanitizers
  5. Passed Mar 12

    Reinspection

    No violations

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