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Canton Eatery
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 22, 2025
- address339 Meridian St, East Boston 02128
Is Canton Eatery clean?
Canton Eatery is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 22, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Canton Eatery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Several open bags with bulk foods at lower level. Store properly in enclosed commercial grade containers.Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Several open bags with bulk foods at lower level. Store properly in enclosed commercial grade containers.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Several food items without date marking inside walk-in . Provide.Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Several food items without date marking inside walk-in . Provide.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Shelves near three bay sink soiled. Clean properly.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Shelves near three bay sink soiled. Clean properly.
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Handsink blocked with equipment on top. Remove keep accessible all the time.Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Handsink blocked with equipment on top. Remove keep accessible all the time.
- ⚠️Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Area around tash with loose debris. Clean properly.Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Area around tash with loose debris. Clean properly.
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Floor at lower level with flour and food debris. Clean properly.Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Floor at lower level with flour and food debris. Clean properly.
- ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood Vent sticker expired. Provide a current one.Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood Vent sticker expired. Provide a current one.
When was Canton Eatery last inspected?
Canton Eatery has 43 inspections on record going back to November 14, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 28, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 15, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 30, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 23, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 13, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| April 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 19, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| October 3, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 21, 2022 | Fail |
Canton Eatery vs East Boston
East Boston runs 92% clean across 529 tracked restaurants — 472 clean, 19 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 529 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, 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 September 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.