Coda Bar & Kitchen

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 30, 2020
• address329 Columbus Av, Boston 02116

Is Coda Bar & Kitchen clean?

Coda Bar & Kitchen is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 30, 2020. 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 Coda Bar & Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 30, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • update/refill vomit kit
  Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • update/refill vomit kit
• ⚠️Cooling (P) • review proper cooling procedures /time/temperaturecritical
  Cooling (P) • review proper cooling procedures /time/temperature
• ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • basement/regrout floor as needed
  Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • basement/regrout floor as needed
• ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • kitchen/clean exterior of hood kitchen/clean all light shields ice machine/kitchen/provide proper light shields/replace burnt out lights
  Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • kitchen/clean exterior of hood kitchen/clean all light shields ice machine/kitchen/provide proper light shields/replace burnt out lights

When was Coda Bar & Kitchen last inspected?

Coda Bar & Kitchen has 46 inspections on record going back to May 22, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Coda Bar & Kitchen vs South End

South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.

Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 7% of them.

Other spots in South End

• ✕ B-Good(Juice Bar)
  mid · August 20, 2010
• ✓ South End Open Market/Farmers Market
  clean · May 25, 2007
• ✓ The Olive Garden Italian Restaurant No. 1674
  clean · June 22, 2026
• ✕ Slade's Bar & Grill
  cooked · March 24, 2017
• ✓ Pacific Restaurant Inc.
  clean · February 22, 2008
• ? South End Open Market/Farmers Market
  not rated · December 30, 2012

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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 30, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.