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Charley's Eating & Drinking Saloon
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 4, 2011
- address284 Newbury St, Boston 02115
Is Charley's Eating & Drinking Saloon clean?
Charley's Eating & Drinking Saloon is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 4, 2011. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Charley's Eating & Drinking Saloon?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 4, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cooling • rice 132f mashed 132f - keep hot foods above 140fcriticalCooling • rice 132f mashed 132f - keep hot foods above 140f
- ⚠️Food Utensil Storage • provide proper storage of ice scoopFood Utensil Storage • provide proper storage of ice scoop
- ⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • dumpster missing cover - repair /replaceAdequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • dumpster missing cover - repair /replace
- ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • clean / resrface ceilingWalls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • clean / resrface ceiling
When was Charley's Eating & Drinking Saloon last inspected?
Charley's Eating & Drinking Saloon has 17 inspections on record going back to July 19, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| March 4, 2011 | Fail | |
| October 18, 2010 | Pass | |
| September 13, 2010 | Fail | |
| March 18, 2010 | Pass | |
| March 8, 2010 | Fail | |
| November 2, 2009 | — | |
| April 7, 2009 | Pass | |
| April 2, 2009 | Fail | |
| March 26, 2009 | Fail | |
| December 15, 2008 | — |
Charley's Eating & Drinking Saloon 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 8% 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 4, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.