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Banners Kitchen And Tap
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 14, 2026
- address50 Causeway St, Boston 02114
Is Banners Kitchen And Tap clean?
Banners Kitchen And Tap is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 14, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Banners Kitchen And Tap?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Provide hair restrain for the expo personal in the kitchenEffectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Provide hair restrain for the expo personal in the kitchen
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Noted several single use items in the boxes stored directly on the floor.Elevate 6 inches from the floorFood Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Noted several single use items in the boxes stored directly on the floor.Elevate 6 inches from the floor
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Noted ice machine in the kitchen area with visible mold on the ice chute.Clean with frequency(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Noted ice machine in the kitchen area with visible mold on the ice chute.Clean with frequency
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Noted some hand washing sinks used as a dump sinks.DiscontinueUsing a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Noted some hand washing sinks used as a dump sinks.Discontinue
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Noted hand washing sinks at the bar without paper towels.ProvideHand Drying Provision (Pf) • Noted hand washing sinks at the bar without paper towels.Provide
- ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • Provide hand washing signs on all the hand washing sinks at the barHandwashing Signage (C) • Provide hand washing signs on all the hand washing sinks at the bar
When was Banners Kitchen And Tap last inspected?
Banners Kitchen And Tap has 16 inspections on record going back to October 11, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 14, 2026 | Pass | |
| July 7, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 21, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 2, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 14, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 10, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| December 9, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 11, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — |
Banners Kitchen And Tap vs West End
West End runs 90% clean across 247 tracked restaurants — 217 clean, 13 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 247 spots Cooked tracks in West End, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.