Phinista Cafe

84 Peterborough St, Boston, MA 02215

Failed · Sep 8, 2026 Directions
66
Poor BiteKarma score 66 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: Controlling pests, cited 5 times, plus 22 other repeat issues.
  • Passed 6 of 21 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Sep 8, 2026: failed with 1 violation.
  • 31 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 21 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Failed Sep 8

    Inspection

    1 violation
    • Minor Floors walls and ceilings utility lines
  3. Failed Sep 1

    Inspection

    3 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Controlling pests
    • Minor Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
    • Minor Floors walls and ceilings utility lines
  4. Failed Aug 25

    Inspection

    11 violations, 5 critical
    • Critical Controlling pests
    • Critical Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding
    • Critical Conformance with approved procedures
    • Critical Temperature measuring devices manual and mechanical warewashing
    • Critical Reheating for hot holding
    • Minor In-use utensils between-use storage
    • Minor Floors walls and ceilings utility lines
    • Minor Effectiveness-hair restraints
    • Minor Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
    • Minor Cooling methods
    • Minor Miscellaneous sources of contamination
  5. Passed Aug 20

    Reinspection

    No violations

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