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Bittersweet Violet - Lower Level
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 11, 2025
- address32 Cambridge St, Charlestown 02129
Is Bittersweet Violet - Lower Level clean?
Bittersweet Violet - Lower Level is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 11, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Bittersweet Violet - Lower Level?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on March 11, 2025. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Bittersweet Violet - Lower Level last inspected?
Bittersweet Violet - Lower Level has 5 inspections on record going back to November 30, 2022.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 11, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| November 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 30, 2022 | Pass |
Bittersweet Violet - Lower Level vs Charlestown
Charlestown runs 92% clean across 198 tracked restaurants — 178 clean, 7 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 198 spots Cooked tracks in Charlestown, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.