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Bartaco
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 10, 2026
- address25 Thomson Pl, Boston 02210
Is Bartaco clean?
Bartaco is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 10, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Bartaco?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (C) • Provide pest reports for daily servicesControlling Pests (C) • Provide pest reports for daily services
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Observed droppings along bench cushions next to host stands; inside book cubicles next to host stand and along plant stand near front patio doors. Provide IPM style pest reports for review prior to final inspectionControlling Pests (Pf) • Observed droppings along bench cushions next to host stands; inside book cubicles next to host stand and along plant stand near front patio doors. Provide IPM style pest reports for review prior to final inspection
When was Bartaco last inspected?
Bartaco has 39 inspections on record going back to November 9, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 10, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 29, 2026 | — | |
| June 22, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 12, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 3, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 31, 2026 | Pass | |
| August 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 6, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| April 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 3, 2025 | Fail |
Bartaco vs South Boston Waterfront
South Boston Waterfront runs 93% clean across 391 tracked restaurants — 333 clean, 15 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 391 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston Waterfront, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.