Cooked?
Back Bay Sandwich
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 28, 2021
- address31 Saint James Av, Boston 02116
Is Back Bay Sandwich clean?
Back Bay Sandwich is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 28, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Back Bay Sandwich?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 28, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Display-Preventing Contamination by Consumers (P) • Muffins on top of front counter exposed. Corrected on site.criticalFood Display-Preventing Contamination by Consumers (P) • Muffins on top of front counter exposed. Corrected on site.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Container of sliced avacado not date marked. Provide.Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Container of sliced avacado not date marked. Provide.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean visible dust on side of reach in cooler near ice machine. Clean to remove. Clean floors inside utility room of visible soils.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean visible dust on side of reach in cooler near ice machine. Clean to remove. Clean floors inside utility room of visible soils.
When was Back Bay Sandwich last inspected?
Back Bay Sandwich has 49 inspections on record going back to November 23, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| December 28, 2021 | Pass | |
| December 17, 2021 | Fail | |
| October 12, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 5, 2021 | Fail | |
| November 17, 2020 | — | |
| March 13, 2020 | — | |
| March 6, 2020 | Fail | |
| December 23, 2019 | Pass | |
| December 17, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 5, 2019 | Pass |
Back Bay Sandwich vs Bay Village
Bay Village runs 88% clean across 350 tracked restaurants — 292 clean, 16 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 350 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Village, this one comes out cleaner than 12% of them.
Other spots in Bay Village
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 December 28, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.