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Mister Q Cafe

Latest: FAIL November 12, 2025

🍽️ Cuisine: Cafe

📍 Neighborhood: Charlestown

🚇 Nearest Transit: Community College (Orange Line)

Address
283 MAIN ST
Charlestown, MA 02129
Inspection History
23 inspections
10 failures
License
License #418631
Last inspected: November 12, 2025

Inspection History (23 most recent)

FAIL November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
7 violations
590.002/2-402.11-C - Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C): All food handlers need to wear proper hair restraints when working / preparing / cooking with foods - Address | 590.003/3-304.14-C - Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C): Set up with seperate sa...
PASS June 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
3 violations
590.002/2-402.11-C - Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C): All food handlers need to wear proper gair restraints when working with foods directly | 590.002(D)/2-103.11-PF - (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf): Ensure someone knowldgeable in food saf...
FAIL May 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
3 violations
590.002/2-402.11-C - Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C): All food handlers need to wear proper gair restraints when working with foods directly | 590.002(D)/2-103.11-PF - (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf): Ensure someone knowldgeable in food saf...
PASS November 13, 2024 at 3:19 PM
5 violations
590.002/2-304.11-C - Clean Condition-Outer Clothing (C): Ensure all employees working with foods will need to have on proper exterior attire when they are behind the counter - addresss | 590.002/2-402.11-C - Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C): All ...
FAIL November 6, 2024 at 4:28 PM
5 violations
590.002/2-304.11-C - Clean Condition-Outer Clothing (C): Ensure all employees working with foods will need to have on proper exterior attire when they are behind the counter - addresss | 590.002/2-402.11-C - Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C): All ...
PASS January 26, 2024 at 4:47 PM
2 violations
590.003/3-601.12-C - Honestly Presented (C): Ensure customers are aware that the " orange juice " sold at the facility is fresh squeezed meaning that it has not been pasturized - HSP should be aware of this - provide signage as discussed...
FAIL January 18, 2024 at 3:59 PM
6 violations
590.002/2-402.11-C - Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C): Ensure all food handlers are wearing proper hair restraints when working with foods | 590.003/3-404.11-PF - Treating Juice (Pf): Fresh juice machine for " Orange juice" does not hav...
FAIL January 16, 2024 at 6:20 PM
4 violations
590.002/2-402.11-C - Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C): Ensure all food handlers are wearing proper hair restraints when working with foods | 590.003/3-404.11-PF - Treating Juice (Pf): Fresh juice machine for " Orange juice" does not hav...
PASS September 11, 2023 at 5:50 PM
0 violations
PASS April 4, 2023 at 4:42 PM
0 violations
PASS July 11, 2022 at 4:28 PM
0 violations
PASS February 25, 2022 at 6:07 PM
2 violations
590.003/3-501.16-P - (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P): Cold hold of Whole Eggs @ 55f ensure proper cold hold of 45f or below at all times | 590.004/4-501.114-P - Manual and Mechanical Warewashing E...
FAIL February 10, 2022 at 7:23 PM
2 violations
590.003/3-501.16-P - (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P): Cold hold of Whole Eggs @ 55f ensure proper cold hold of 45f or below at all times | 590.004/4-501.114-P - Manual and Mechanical Warewashing E...
PASS November 9, 2021 at 7:24 PM
0 violations
PASS May 24, 2021 at 2:36 PM
0 violations
PASS W/ CONDITIONS January 15, 2021 at 8:21 PM
1 violation
L1 - : Post current permit in location in food establishement that is conspicous to consumers.
PASS November 24, 2020 at 7:17 PM
1 violation
590.004/4-602.13-C - Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C): The hood is overdue for a cleaning. Have the hood cleaned by a licesnsed company.
FAIL November 18, 2020 at 8:28 PM
3 violations
590.003/3-305.11-C - Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C): The ice stored out front is uncovered. Keep food products covered. | 590.004/4-602.13-C - Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C): The hood is overdue for a cleaning. Have th...
FAIL November 10, 2020 at 6:03 PM
3 violations
590.003/3-305.11-C - Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C): The ice stored out front is uncovered. Keep food products covered. | 590.004/4-602.13-C - Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C): The hood is overdue for a cleaning. Have th...
PASS March 18, 2020 at 7:28 PM
5 violations
590.002/2-402.11-C - Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C): cook without hair restraints . Provide. | 590.002/2-501.11-PF - Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf): No clean kit for the Noro.virus. Provide. | 590.003(C)/3-301.11-C - Preventing...
FAIL March 11, 2020 at 2:50 PM
5 violations
590.002/2-402.11-C - Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C): cook without hair restraints . Provide. | 590.002/2-501.11-PF - Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf): No clean kit for the Noro.virus. Provide. | 590.003(C)/3-301.11-C - Preventing...
PASS December 31, 2019 at 3:26 PM
2 violations
590.004/4-204.112-C - Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C): No Interior thermometers in cold units supply | 590.004/4-302.12-PF - Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf): No thermometer at 3 bay sink to measure water temperature in 3r...
FAIL December 23, 2019 at 3:53 PM
2 violations
590.004/4-204.112-C - Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C): No Interior thermometers in cold units supply | 590.004/4-302.12-PF - Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf): No thermometer at 3 bay sink to measure water temperature in 3r...
Data sourced directly from Boston Inspectional Services Department