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Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 25, 2025
- address185 Franklin St, Boston 02110
Is Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. clean?
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 25, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • The bulk food containers have cups stored in the product to dispense items. Provide food grade scoop with handle.In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • The bulk food containers have cups stored in the product to dispense items. Provide food grade scoop with handle.
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • The tuna sandwich packaged in the grab and go containers was 46F. Provide proper cold holding of 41F or below. (The sandwiches were assembled earlier in the morning and chilled in the walk-in. Verify that items are chilled properly before being placed in the grab and go cooler)critical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • The tuna sandwich packaged in the grab and go containers was 46F. Provide proper cold holding of 41F or below. (The sandwiches were assembled earlier in the morning and chilled in the walk-in. Verify that items are chilled properly before being placed in the grab and go cooler)
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • There is some food debris buildup under the cooking equipment on the front line. Clean to remove. There is cardboard lining the shelf of the coffee refrigerator and some spills along the gaskets. Clean to remove. There is some dust buildup on the filters of the hood vent. Clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • There is some food debris buildup under the cooking equipment on the front line. Clean to remove. There is cardboard lining the shelf of the coffee refrigerator and some spills along the gaskets. Clean to remove. There is some dust buildup on the filters of the hood vent. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • There was one dead cockroach found in the finishing kitchen that does not get much use. Provide pest reports showing the treament of this area.Controlling Pests (Pf) • There was one dead cockroach found in the finishing kitchen that does not get much use. Provide pest reports showing the treament of this area.
When was Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. last inspected?
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. has 23 inspections on record going back to October 9, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 16, 2026 | — | |
| June 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 2, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 7, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| December 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 13, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| December 1, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| December 10, 2020 | — |
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. 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 11% 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 June 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.