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Bootleg Special
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 20, 2026
- address400 Tremont St, Roxbury 02118
Is Bootleg Special clean?
Bootleg Special is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Bootleg Special?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (C) • IPM report was provided and showed activity. PIC to email IPM report as provided to: [email protected].Controlling Pests (C) • IPM report was provided and showed activity. PIC to email IPM report as provided to: [email protected].
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Multiple area of the establishment observed with visible hole on the wall floor ceiling. Sealed to repair Many areas were sealed and others left unsealed per exterminator to monitor pest activity. (3.25.26)Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Multiple area of the establishment observed with visible hole on the wall floor ceiling. Sealed to repair Many areas were sealed and others left unsealed per exterminator to monitor pest activity. (3.25.26)
- ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Both hood stickers observed expired 11/24 & 11/25. Provide updated hood sticker from a licensed hood sticker company.(3.25.26) Hood stickers scheduled to be cleaned and update sticker on April 8th per PIC ( called hood cleaning company while inspector was still on site)Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Both hood stickers observed expired 11/24 & 11/25. Provide updated hood sticker from a licensed hood sticker company.(3.25.26) Hood stickers scheduled to be cleaned and update sticker on April 8th per PIC ( called hood cleaning company while inspector was still on site)
When was Bootleg Special last inspected?
Bootleg Special has 26 inspections on record going back to February 13, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 25, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 23, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 15, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 8, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 3, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| December 11, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 4, 2023 | Fail | |
| November 25, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| November 18, 2022 | Pass |
Bootleg Special vs Bay Village
Bay Village runs 88% clean across 350 tracked restaurants — 292 clean, 16 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 350 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Village, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 May 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.