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B. Good
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 11, 2020
- address131 Dartmouth St, Boston 02116
Is B. Good clean?
B. Good is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 11, 2020. 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 B. Good?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 11, 2020, 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) • sweet potato 45 degrees/;provide proper temperature of 41 degrees or belowcritical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • sweet potato 45 degrees/;provide proper temperature of 41 degrees or below
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • 2 door reach in provide accurate internal thermometerTemperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • 2 door reach in provide accurate internal thermometer
- ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C) • resurface worn cutting boardsCutting Surfaces (C) • resurface worn cutting boards
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • front line/clean interior of all reach in unitsNonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • front line/clean interior of all reach in units
- ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • front line/clean floor area behind and around all equipment to remove heavy soils rear prep area/resurface floor area as neededSurface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • front line/clean floor area behind and around all equipment to remove heavy soils rear prep area/resurface floor area as needed
- ⚠️Intensity-Lighting (C) • hot line/replace burnt out lightIntensity-Lighting (C) • hot line/replace burnt out light
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • clean interior of hot line hood repair/replace missing wall tile at front handsinkMaintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • clean interior of hot line hood repair/replace missing wall tile at front handsink
When was B. Good last inspected?
B. Good has 61 inspections on record going back to August 23, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| February 8, 2021 | — | |
| July 27, 2020 | — | |
| February 18, 2020 | — | |
| February 11, 2020 | Fail | |
| November 6, 2019 | Pass | |
| October 30, 2019 | Fail | |
| May 30, 2019 | — | |
| May 22, 2019 | Fail | |
| January 25, 2019 | — | |
| January 18, 2019 | Fail |
B. Good 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 6% 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 February 11, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.