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Ben & Jerry's
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 26, 2024
- address174 Newbury St, Boston 02116
Is Ben & Jerry's clean?
Ben & Jerry's is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 26, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Ben & Jerry's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 26, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Mouse droppings in catering storage area under shelves around hot water tanks and in electrical closet. Clean and monitor for activityNonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Mouse droppings in catering storage area under shelves around hot water tanks and in electrical closet. Clean and monitor for activity
- ⚠️Toilet Rooms Enclosed (C) • Spring on bathroom door is broken. Repair/replace as needed so bathroom door is self-closingToilet Rooms Enclosed (C) • Spring on bathroom door is broken. Repair/replace as needed so bathroom door is self-closing
- ⚠️Removing Dead or Trapped Birds Insects Rodents and other Pest (C) • Dead mouse and roaches under scoop station table. Discard dead pests to prevent contaminationRemoving Dead or Trapped Birds Insects Rodents and other Pest (C) • Dead mouse and roaches under scoop station table. Discard dead pests to prevent contamination
When was Ben & Jerry's last inspected?
Ben & Jerry's has 49 inspections on record going back to February 7, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 6, 2026 | — | |
| August 29, 2025 | — | |
| March 3, 2025 | — | |
| September 9, 2024 | — | |
| March 26, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 18, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 16, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 22, 2023 | — | |
| May 15, 2023 | Fail | |
| September 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 17, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — |
Ben & Jerry's 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 March 26, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.