#30 Water ST S, CAMBRIDGE ON · CITY CORE
November 25, 2025
Conditional PassThe restaurant needs to ensure refrigeration and hot-holding equipment has an easy-to-read thermometer so temperatures can be monitored.
The restaurant's floors, walls, and ceilings need to be cleaned and repaired to maintain proper sanitary conditions.
The restaurant's ventilation system needs to be thoroughly cleaned to properly remove cooking odors, fumes, and heat from the kitchen.
This restaurant has been inspected 5 times since August 6, 2024, with 1 pass, 4 conditional outcomes, and 0 closures on record.
Refrigeration and hot-holding equipment maintained / Provide easily readable thermometer in refrigeration or hot-holding equipment
Floors, walls, and ceilings clean and in good repair and maintained in a sanitary manner / Ensure ceilings are kept clean and in good repair / Ensure floors are kept clean and in good repair
Ventilation is maintained to ensure the elimination of odours, fumes, vapours, smoke, or excessive heat / Ventilation system requires thorough cleaning
THE PICK & SHOVEL is in the CITY CORE neighbourhood. CITY CORE, Cambridge has 95 restaurants tracked on Pass or Fail, inspected by the local public-health unit. As of May 28, 2026, there are 30 (32%) that have passed their most recent inspection, with 52 (55%) conditional and no closures.
This record comes from the local public-health unit for Cambridge. Inspectors record any violations of applicable health regulations on each visit. The result above is the most recent inspection on file.
A pass means no significant violations. A conditional pass means an issue was found and the restaurant was given time to correct it. A closed result means the inspector ordered the place to stop serving customers.
Mechanical dishwashing: Wash / rinse water clean, water temperature, timing cycles, sanitizer / Ensure wash water is between 60°C and 71°C
Testing reagent used to determine concentration of sanitizer / Provide and use test reagent to determine concentration of sanitizer
Floors, walls, and ceilings clean and in good repair and maintained in a sanitary manner / Cleaning required around, under, and behind kitchen equipment, counters, and baseboards
Ventilation is maintained to ensure the elimination of odours, fumes, vapours, smoke, or excessive heat / Ventilation system requires thorough cleaning
Refrigeration and hot-holding equipment maintained / Provide easily readable thermometer in refrigeration or hot-holding equipment
Floors, walls, and ceilings clean and in good repair and maintained in a sanitary manner / Ensure ceilings are kept clean and in good repair / Ensure floors are kept clean and in good repair
Ventilation is maintained to ensure the elimination of odours, fumes, vapours, smoke, or excessive heat / Ventilation system requires thorough cleaning
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