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Birdies Hot Chicken
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 11, 2026
- address245 Washington St, Boston 02108
Is Birdies Hot Chicken clean?
Birdies Hot Chicken is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 11, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Birdies Hot Chicken?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 11, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Chicken tenders held hot at 125F. Ensure hot holding of 135F or above.critical(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Chicken tenders held hot at 125F. Ensure hot holding of 135F or above.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Walk in cooler floor is soiled. Under soda machine has build up. Clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Walk in cooler floor is soiled. Under soda machine has build up. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Receptacles (C) • Grease barrels obsevred with grease build up on top. Clean to remove.Receptacles (C) • Grease barrels obsevred with grease build up on top. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️2026 Health permit is unpaid. Email [email protected] to request a link for payment.2026 Health permit is unpaid. Email [email protected] to request a link for payment.
When was Birdies Hot Chicken last inspected?
Birdies Hot Chicken has 16 inspections on record going back to March 14, 2024. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 11, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 3, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 26, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 19, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 12, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 5, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 6, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 29, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 31, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| July 22, 2024 | Pass |
Birdies Hot Chicken vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 February 11, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.