Back Deck

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 28, 2026
• address10 West St, Boston 02111

Is Back Deck clean?

Back Deck is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 28, 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 Back Deck?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • The hot water is not operating at the bar handsink.Repair There is an alternate sink for use at the bar until repairs are complete
  System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • The hot water is not operating at the bar handsink.Repair There is an alternate sink for use at the bar until repairs are complete
• ⚠️Backflow Prevention (P) • Provide an air gap at the 2 bay prep sinkcritical
  Backflow Prevention (P) • Provide an air gap at the 2 bay prep sink
• ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Secure all CO2 tanks
  Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Secure all CO2 tanks
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • The hot water fixture at the handsink is damaged.Repair/Replace
  Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • The hot water fixture at the handsink is damaged.Repair/Replace
• ⚠️Provide a choke safe certificate from a full time employee
  Provide a choke safe certificate from a full time employee

When was Back Deck last inspected?

Back Deck has 50 inspections on record going back to June 13, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Back Deck 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 4% of them.

Other spots in Downtown

• ✓ Slate
  clean · December 7, 2021
• ✓ Delicity Pizza
  clean · November 4, 2011
• ✓ A Time To Taste
  clean · September 27, 2012
• ✓ Subway
  clean · May 7, 2013
• ✓ Boston News Cafe (90 Arch St.)
  clean · July 2, 2026
• ✓ Mojitos Night Club & Lounge
  clean · October 28, 2014

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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 January 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.