• resultFail
• critical violations4
• last inspectedMarch 9, 2010 →
• address435 South Huntington Av, Boston 02130

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Is Alchemist Lounge clean?

Alchemist Lounge is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 9, 2010. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Alchemist Lounge?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 9, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Adequate Handwashing/Where/When/Howcritical
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Cleancritical
• ⚠️Hot and Cold Watercritical
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
• ⚠️PIC Performing Dutiescritical
• ⚠️Food Protection

Alchemist Lounge inspection and administrative history

Alchemist Lounge has 11 inspections on record going back to August 6, 2007.

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 March 9, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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