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Boston Bagel Company
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 21, 2017
- address753 E Broadway, South Boston 02127
Is Boston Bagel Company clean?
Boston Bagel Company is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 21, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Boston Bagel Company?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 21, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Utensil Storage • Chef knife stored in reach of customers - relocate as discussedFood Utensil Storage • Chef knife stored in reach of customers - relocate as discussed
- ⚠️Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • Soiled outer garments on several prep cooks and staff address as discussed during inspectionClean Cloths Hair Restraint • Soiled outer garments on several prep cooks and staff address as discussed during inspection
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Replace badly worn cutting boards where needed especially on the sandwich unitFood Contact Surfaces Design • Replace badly worn cutting boards where needed especially on the sandwich unit
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Barrier on the sandwich units not sufficient enough to reduce potential contamination address as discussed during inspectionNon-Food Contact Surfaces • Barrier on the sandwich units not sufficient enough to reduce potential contamination address as discussed during inspection
- ⚠️Three Compartment Sink • Provide ample area for utensils to air dry as discussed during inspectionThree Compartment Sink • Provide ample area for utensils to air dry as discussed during inspection
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Set up as discussed discard any sponge use for food contact surfacesWiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Set up as discussed discard any sponge use for food contact surfaces
When was Boston Bagel Company last inspected?
Boston Bagel Company has 21 inspections on record going back to November 1, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| January 17, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| January 5, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| December 21, 2017 | Fail | |
| May 8, 2017 | — | |
| May 1, 2017 | Fail | |
| January 20, 2017 | — | |
| January 13, 2017 | Fail | |
| November 4, 2016 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2016 | Fail | |
| October 3, 2016 | Fail | |
| June 27, 2016 | — |
Boston Bagel Company vs South Boston
South Boston runs 91% clean across 192 tracked restaurants — 163 clean, 9 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 192 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 December 21, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.