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Charley's Philly Steak
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 9, 2026
- address417 Washington St, Boston 02108
Is Charley's Philly Steak clean?
Charley's Philly Steak is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 9, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Charley's Philly Steak?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Boxes stored on the ground in walk in freezer. Elevate to prevent potential contamination.Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Boxes stored on the ground in walk in freezer. Elevate to prevent potential contamination.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Multiple foods in refigeration unit without date marking. Provide for all foods held longer than 24 hours.Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Multiple foods in refigeration unit without date marking. Provide for all foods held longer than 24 hours.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Pink build up observed inside ice machine. Clean to remove.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Pink build up observed inside ice machine. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Food debris observed in hand sink. Discontinue. Ensure hand sink is only used for hand washing.Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Food debris observed in hand sink. Discontinue. Ensure hand sink is only used for hand washing.
When was Charley's Philly Steak last inspected?
Charley's Philly Steak has 46 inspections on record going back to May 15, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 9, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 2, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 23, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 2, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 1, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| May 13, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 8, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| January 2, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 17, 2023 | Pass |
Charley's Philly Steak 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 March 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.