• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 10, 2012 →
• address1 Appleton St, Boston 02116

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Is 28 Degrees clean?

28 Degrees is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 10, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at 28 Degrees?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 10, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
• ⚠️Equipment Thermometers
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
• ⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
• ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design

28 Degrees inspection and administrative history

28 Degrees has 6 inspections on record going back to April 21, 2011.

28 Degrees vs Bay Village

Bay Village runs 87% clean across 342 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 18 mid, 25 cooked.

Against the 342 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Village, this one comes out cleaner than 7% of them.

Other spots in Bay Village

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• ✓ Cold Stone Creamery
  cooked · February 18, 2009
• ✓ Tantric India Bistro
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• ✓ Dunkin Donuts/Watermark
  clean · June 29, 2009
• ✓ Avila
  clean · May 23, 2012
• ✓ Courtyard Cafe
  clean · November 18, 2025

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How Boston grades restaurants

Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 10, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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