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Ben & Jerry's (Kiosk)
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 20, 2026
- address800 Boylston St, Boston 02199
Is Ben & Jerry's (Kiosk) clean?
Ben & Jerry's (Kiosk) is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Ben & Jerry's (Kiosk)?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • What appears to be mice droppings on floor behind hot water heater next to three bay sink and on floors behind grease trap. Clean and sanitize all affected areas. Provide updated IPM pest control report posted dated after today's inspection upon re inspection. Droppings have not been cleaned up upon re inspection. No recent pest report available.Controlling Pests (Pf) • What appears to be mice droppings on floor behind hot water heater next to three bay sink and on floors behind grease trap. Clean and sanitize all affected areas. Provide updated IPM pest control report posted dated after today's inspection upon re inspection. Droppings have not been cleaned up upon re inspection. No recent pest report available.
When was Ben & Jerry's (Kiosk) last inspected?
Ben & Jerry's (Kiosk) has 30 inspections on record going back to April 13, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 20, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 15, 2026 | — | |
| January 8, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 12, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 30, 2024 | Fail | |
| December 29, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 9, 2023 | — | |
| January 13, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 5, 2023 | Fail | |
| September 13, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 6, 2022 | Fail |
Ben & Jerry's (Kiosk) vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 January 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.