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Buttermilk & Bourbon
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 16, 2025
- address160 Commonwealth Av, Boston 02116
Is Buttermilk & Bourbon clean?
Buttermilk & Bourbon is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 16, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Buttermilk & Bourbon?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • PIC to retrain staff on P's and PF's violation noted on the inspection report.(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • PIC to retrain staff on P's and PF's violation noted on the inspection report.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • In use utensils observed stored in stagnant water. Discontinue. (Corrected on site by PIC)In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • In use utensils observed stored in stagnant water. Discontinue. (Corrected on site by PIC)
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Multiple containers of food stored in the walking cooler observed without date marking. Per PIC food was prep earlier today1.6.25 Provide made/discard date after prepping.Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Multiple containers of food stored in the walking cooler observed without date marking. Per PIC food was prep earlier today1.6.25 Provide made/discard date after prepping.
- ⚠️Warewashing Equipment Determining Chemical Sanitizer Concentration (Pf) • PIC unable to provide sanitzer test strips for the 3 bay sink. Provide Inspector test strip was used .Warewashing Equipment Determining Chemical Sanitizer Concentration (Pf) • PIC unable to provide sanitzer test strips for the 3 bay sink. Provide Inspector test strip was used .
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Kitchen main handsink observed blocked by trash can and sanitizer bucket. Discontinue and maintain accessible at all time to prevent contamination by hand. Corrected on site by PIC. Observed hand washing during the inspection.Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Kitchen main handsink observed blocked by trash can and sanitizer bucket. Discontinue and maintain accessible at all time to prevent contamination by hand. Corrected on site by PIC. Observed hand washing during the inspection.
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention (P) • Produce and fruit sink observed without a backflow preventor. Provide or PIC to request variance with procedures to state how an alternative safe prep will be provided while using.criticalBackflow Prevention (P) • Produce and fruit sink observed without a backflow preventor. Provide or PIC to request variance with procedures to state how an alternative safe prep will be provided while using.
When was Buttermilk & Bourbon last inspected?
Buttermilk & Bourbon has 43 inspections on record going back to May 7, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 16, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 6, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 29, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 11, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 4, 2024 | Fail | |
| April 22, 2024 | — | |
| April 18, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 4, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 26, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| April 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 21, 2023 | Fail |
Buttermilk & Bourbon vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 January 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.