HILLSIDE CAFE
21 ST THOMAS MORE RD, BRIGHTON, MA 02135
Last inspected Oct 21, 2026
Official source: Boston Public Health Commission (boston.gov) · All data sources
Failed. Did not meet health requirements at the latest inspection. Many failures are fixed and re-inspected within days — check the inspection date.
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The record, in plain English
CleanPlate holds 25 inspections on record for HILLSIDE CAFE, spanning April 2017 to October 2026 — every one straight from Boston Public Health Commission.
Its standing slipped since the previous visit — from passed to failed. A follow-up inspection usually rechecks the issues found.
The most recent inspection noted 1 violation, none of them critical.
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Inspection history
Oct 21, 2026
✕1 violation
- Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf)
Mar 6, 2026
✓Dec 3, 2025
✓3 violations
- Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C)
- Intensity-Lighting (C)
- Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C)
Mar 24, 2025
✓Nov 27, 2024
✓2 violations
- Toilet Room Receptacle Covered (C)
- Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C)
Nov 14, 2024
✕2 violations
- Toilet Room Receptacle Covered (C)
- Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C)
Mar 7, 2024
✓5 violations
- Eating Drinking or Using Tobacco (C)
- Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C)
- Cutting Surfaces (C)
- (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
- Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C)
Feb 28, 2024
✕5 violations
- Eating Drinking or Using Tobacco (C)
- Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C)
- Cutting Surfaces (C)
- (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
- Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C)
Oct 13, 2023
✓Jan 27, 2023
✓Jan 18, 2023
–Oct 6, 2022
✓Mar 31, 2022
✓1 violation
- Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf)
Mar 24, 2022
✕1 violation
- Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf)
Mar 15, 2022
–Oct 19, 2021
✓3 violations
- Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C)
- Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C)
- Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
Mar 16, 2021
✓Jan 15, 2020
✓Oct 7, 2019
✓Feb 14, 2019
✓1 violation
- Food Protection
Oct 5, 2018
✓Apr 25, 2018
✓Aug 22, 2017
✓May 9, 2017
✓5 violations
- Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
- Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
- Insects Rodents Animals
- Floors Designed Constructed Installed
- Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed
Apr 18, 2017
✕5 violations
- Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
- Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
- Insects Rodents Animals
- Floors Designed Constructed Installed
- Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed
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Source: Boston Public Health Commission (boston.gov). Data shown unmodified from the official government record. CleanPlate is an independent service, not affiliated with any government agency. See something wrong? Report a data issue.