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Boston Living Center
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 30, 2026
- address29 Stanhope St, Boston 02116
Is Boston Living Center clean?
Boston Living Center is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 30, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Boston Living Center?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (Pf) • Quats sanitizer dispenser is dispensing at 58F. Make all necessary repairs to dispense at 75F. PIC to manually mix quats sanitizer at the proper temperature according to instructions until repairs can be made to sanitizer generating device.Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (Pf) • Quats sanitizer dispenser is dispensing at 58F. Make all necessary repairs to dispense at 75F. PIC to manually mix quats sanitizer at the proper temperature according to instructions until repairs can be made to sanitizer generating device.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Dust on walls in kitchen above walk in cooler. Clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Dust on walls in kitchen above walk in cooler. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • Holes in wall behind handsink. Repair.Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • Holes in wall behind handsink. Repair.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Mice droppings on floor behind cookline and on floor in dry storage room. Clean and sanitize all affected areas. Provide updated IPM pest control report upon re inspection.Controlling Pests (Pf) • Mice droppings on floor behind cookline and on floor in dry storage room. Clean and sanitize all affected areas. Provide updated IPM pest control report upon re inspection.
When was Boston Living Center last inspected?
Boston Living Center has 98 inspections on record going back to October 1, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | — | |
| April 30, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 17, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 7, 2025 | Fail | |
| September 30, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 5, 2025 | — | |
| July 29, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 5, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 3, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 30, 2024 | Pass |
Boston Living Center 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 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 April 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.