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Ben & Jerry's
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 21, 2026
- address300 Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston 02109
Is Ben & Jerry's clean?
Ben & Jerry's is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Ben & Jerry's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Noted items stored directly on the floor in the basement and in the store upstairs.Elevate 6 inches from the floorFood Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Noted items stored directly on the floor in the basement and in the store upstairs.Elevate 6 inches from the floor
- ⚠️Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C) • Noted water on the floor in the dry storage area.Remove and dry the floor to get rid of the moistureCleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C) • Noted water on the floor in the dry storage area.Remove and dry the floor to get rid of the moisture
When was Ben & Jerry's last inspected?
Ben & Jerry's has 20 inspections on record going back to June 19, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 21, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 17, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 10, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 4, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 19, 2023 | Fail | |
| April 20, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| December 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 24, 2022 | Pass |
Ben & Jerry's vs North End
North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.