Beth Israel Deaconess

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 24, 2026
• address330 Brookline Av, Boston 02115

Is Beth Israel Deaconess clean?

Beth Israel Deaconess is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 24, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Beth Israel Deaconess?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️When to Wash (P) • Observed food handlers at deli returning to work station without washing hands - Educate all employeess on proper hand washingcritical
  When to Wash (P) • Observed food handlers at deli returning to work station without washing hands - Educate all employeess on proper hand washing
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths not stored in a sanitizing solution
  Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths not stored in a sanitizing solution
• ⚠️Food Labels (C) • Food containers not labeled in prep areas
  Food Labels (C) • Food containers not labeled in prep areas
• ⚠️Cooking and Baking Equipment (C) • Grill line - Built up soils on all cooking equipment
  Cooking and Baking Equipment (C) • Grill line - Built up soils on all cooking equipment
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean interior exterior including door handles of refrigeration units Defrost ice cream chests
  Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean interior exterior including door handles of refrigeration units Defrost ice cream chests
• ⚠️Equipment and Utensils Air-Drying Required (C) • Pans etc - wet nesting
  Equipment and Utensils Air-Drying Required (C) • Pans etc - wet nesting
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Built up soils on walls and attachments on serving line closet "soup warming" grill area and back room behind grill Built up soils on floor under and behind all equipment serving line closet "soup warming" grill area and back room behind grill Built up soils on ceiling ceiling vents above salad bar serving line closet "soup warming" grill area and back room behind grill
  Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Built up soils on walls and attachments on serving line closet "soup warming" grill area and back room behind grill Built up soils on floor under and behind all equipment serving line closet "soup warming" grill area and back room behind grill Built up soils on ceiling ceiling vents above salad bar serving line closet "soup warming" grill area and back room behind grill
• ⚠️Intensity-Lighting (C) • No lighting in Soup Warmer Closet Dim lighting in compost walk in
  Intensity-Lighting (C) • No lighting in Soup Warmer Closet Dim lighting in compost walk in
• ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Remove all unused and unnecessary articles from retail section
  Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Remove all unused and unnecessary articles from retail section
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Missing ceiling tile in Soup Warming closet Stained wall in Soup Warming closet Rust on shelving in refrigeration unit (Beverage air)
  Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Missing ceiling tile in Soup Warming closet Stained wall in Soup Warming closet Rust on shelving in refrigeration unit (Beverage air)

When was Beth Israel Deaconess last inspected?

Beth Israel Deaconess has 95 inspections on record going back to June 25, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Beth Israel Deaconess vs Longwood

Longwood runs 78% clean across 203 tracked restaurants — 153 clean, 19 mid, 23 cooked.

Against the 203 spots Cooked tracks in Longwood, this one comes out cleaner than 8% of them.

Other spots in Longwood

• ✓ B I Deaconess/Crossroads Cafe
  clean · April 27, 2012
• ✓ Riverway Cafe @ Wheelock College
  clean · September 29, 2008
• ✓ Kelly's Campus Store
  clean · April 11, 2018
• ✓ Soup Man
  clean · October 5, 2007
• ✕ Starbucks Coffee No. 7224
  mid · March 24, 2026
• ✓ Starbucks Coffee No. 7804
  clean · June 18, 2026

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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 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.