Bailey And Sage

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMarch 2, 2026
• address53 State St, Boston 02109

Is Bailey And Sage clean?

Bailey And Sage is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 2, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Bailey And Sage?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 2, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Employee beverage observed in food prep area. Remove.
  Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Employee beverage observed in food prep area. Remove.
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Black beans and corn at 55F in salad cold holding unit. Returned to walk in cooler. Ensure proper cold holding of 41F or below.critical
  (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Black beans and corn at 55F in salad cold holding unit. Returned to walk in cooler. Ensure proper cold holding of 41F or below.
• ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Chicken breast at 125F in hot holding unit. Reheated to acceptable temperature. Ensure proper hot holding at 135F or above.critical
  (A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Chicken breast at 125F in hot holding unit. Reheated to acceptable temperature. Ensure proper hot holding at 135F or above.
• ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Multiple foods in walk in cooler do not have date marking. Provide for all foods held longer than 24 hours.
  Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Multiple foods in walk in cooler do not have date marking. Provide for all foods held longer than 24 hours.
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Deli slicer observed with food soils. Clean to remove.
  (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Deli slicer observed with food soils. Clean to remove.
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils observed under oven in back area. Clean to remove.
  Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils observed under oven in back area. Clean to remove.
• ⚠️Floor and Wall Junctures Coved and Enclosed or Sealed (C) • Wall near mop sink observed with hole. Repair as necessary.
  Floor and Wall Junctures Coved and Enclosed or Sealed (C) • Wall near mop sink observed with hole. Repair as necessary.
• ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • Provide hand wash only signage at all hand sinks.
  Handwashing Signage (C) • Provide hand wash only signage at all hand sinks.
• ⚠️Restriction and Storage-Medicines (P) • Employee medication observed in open container on salad line. Discontinue. Medication was removed from food prep area.critical
  Restriction and Storage-Medicines (P) • Employee medication observed in open container on salad line. Discontinue. Medication was removed from food prep area.

When was Bailey And Sage last inspected?

Bailey And Sage has 14 inspections on record going back to March 15, 2023. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Bailey And Sage 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 0% 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 March 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.