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Anchovies Restaurant
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 16, 2026
- address433 Columbus Av, Boston 02116
Is Anchovies Restaurant clean?
Anchovies Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 16, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Anchovies Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Tomatoes 47F Blue cheese crumbles 45F Product out of temperature for less than and hour placed on indirect ice to cool to below 41F.critical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Tomatoes 47F Blue cheese crumbles 45F Product out of temperature for less than and hour placed on indirect ice to cool to below 41F.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Containers of prepared foods in glass door cooler in basement not date marked. PROVIDE.Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Containers of prepared foods in glass door cooler in basement not date marked. PROVIDE.
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Chlorine test kit is water logged. REPLACE.Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Chlorine test kit is water logged. REPLACE.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Walls sides of equipment floors under equipment with food soils and spatters. Clean to remove. Clean floors under and around equipment at bar.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Walls sides of equipment floors under equipment with food soils and spatters. Clean to remove. Clean floors under and around equipment at bar.
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention (P) • Food washing sink in basement does not have a seperation gap in the drian. INSTALL. Provide copy of ISD plumbing permit.criticalBackflow Prevention (P) • Food washing sink in basement does not have a seperation gap in the drian. INSTALL. Provide copy of ISD plumbing permit.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Floors with missing paint at cookline. Clean and resurface.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Floors with missing paint at cookline. Clean and resurface.
When was Anchovies Restaurant last inspected?
Anchovies Restaurant has 43 inspections on record going back to May 15, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 16, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 9, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 21, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 1, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 1, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| November 28, 2023 | — | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| December 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 12, 2022 | Fail | |
| September 27, 2022 | Pass |
Anchovies Restaurant vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 10% of them.
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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.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated July 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.