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Bourbon St. Cafe
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 10, 2026
- address417 Washington St, Boston 02108
Is Bourbon St. Cafe clean?
Bourbon St. Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 10, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Bourbon St. Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C) • Multiple damaged tiles in back kitchen area. Replace.Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C) • Multiple damaged tiles in back kitchen area. Replace.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (C) • Pest report notes activity. No live activity observed during re inspection. Call for additional service and provide report.Controlling Pests (C) • Pest report notes activity. No live activity observed during re inspection. Call for additional service and provide report.
When was Bourbon St. Cafe last inspected?
Bourbon St. Cafe has 136 inspections on record going back to July 23, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 25, 2026 | — | |
| March 10, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 3, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 2, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 15, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 8, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 1, 2025 | — | |
| August 25, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 12, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 5, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 1, 2025 | Fail |
Bourbon St. Cafe 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 9% 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 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.