Apex Bar & Lounge

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 16, 2026
• address150 State St, Boston 02109

Is Apex Bar & Lounge clean?

Apex Bar & Lounge 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 Apex Bar & Lounge?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Ice Used as Exterior Coolant Prohibited as Ingredient (P) • Observed several bottles stored directly in the consumable ice.Discontinue and store all bottles in a cleanable container.critical
  Ice Used as Exterior Coolant Prohibited as Ingredient (P) • Observed several bottles stored directly in the consumable ice.Discontinue and store all bottles in a cleanable container.
• ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Provide a seperation between the hand sink and consumable ice bin container to prevent contamination from washing hands
  Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Provide a seperation between the hand sink and consumable ice bin container to prevent contamination from washing hands
• ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (Pf) • Low temp dish machine tested 0PPM with the strip.Discontinue using the machine and use disposable cups until repaired. Noted Prime sanitizer button broken.Repair
  Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (Pf) • Low temp dish machine tested 0PPM with the strip.Discontinue using the machine and use disposable cups until repaired. Noted Prime sanitizer button broken.Repair
• ⚠️Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf) • Provide hand soap at the hand sink-Bar/ COS by the PIC
  Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf) • Provide hand soap at the hand sink-Bar/ COS by the PIC
• ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Provide paper towels for the hand sink at the bar.COS by the PIC
  Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Provide paper towels for the hand sink at the bar.COS by the PIC

When was Apex Bar & Lounge last inspected?

Apex Bar & Lounge has 5 inspections on record going back to April 8, 2024.

Apex Bar & Lounge vs North End

North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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.