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Auntie Anne's Pretzels/ Carvel
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 20, 2026
- address700 Atlantic Av, Boston 02111
Is Auntie Anne's Pretzels/ Carvel clean?
Auntie Anne's Pretzels/ Carvel is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Auntie Anne's Pretzels/ Carvel?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the counter next to the lemonade machine to remove spills.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the counter next to the lemonade machine to remove spills.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean the floor drain under the 3 bay sink to remove evidence of drain flies.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean the floor drain under the 3 bay sink to remove evidence of drain flies.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • There was evidence of drain flies observed under the 3 bay sink(floor drain).Provide a full pest report upon re-inspection.Controlling Pests (Pf) • There was evidence of drain flies observed under the 3 bay sink(floor drain).Provide a full pest report upon re-inspection.
- ⚠️Provide a current Allergen awareness certificate from a full time employee.Provide a current Allergen awareness certificate from a full time employee.
When was Auntie Anne's Pretzels/ Carvel last inspected?
Auntie Anne's Pretzels/ Carvel has 14 inspections on record going back to November 22, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 20, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 27, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 30, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 26, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 16, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| December 22, 2022 | — | |
| June 9, 2022 | Pass |
Auntie Anne's Pretzels/ Carvel vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.