• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 4, 2011 →
• address284 Newbury St, Boston 02115

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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.

• ⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof
• ⚠️Coolingcritical
• ⚠️Food Utensil Storage
• ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed

Charley's Eating & Drinking Saloon inspection and administrative history

Charley's Eating & Drinking Saloon has 17 inspections on record going back to July 19, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Charley's Eating & Drinking Saloon vs Back Bay

Back Bay runs 81% clean across 503 tracked restaurants — 405 clean, 51 mid, 42 cooked.

Against the 503 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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.

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