Cosi

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedNovember 12, 2009
• address1 Harborside Dr, East Boston 02128

Is Cosi clean?

Cosi is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 12, 2009. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Cosi?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 12, 2009, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Spoilage Unsafe Food • Blue cheese bottles and other dressings left out at room temperature next to oven.If not using-discard-P.I.C. stated they were left over from previous owner.critical
  Spoilage Unsafe Food • Blue cheese bottles and other dressings left out at room temperature next to oven.If not using-discard-P.I.C. stated they were left over from previous owner.
• ⚠️Hot Holding • Steam table is turned way down.Meatballs are registering 90F.Boneless chicken strips are 90F.P.I.C. is stating a four hour window-no variance in site.Product re-heated to 165F.critical
  Hot Holding • Steam table is turned way down.Meatballs are registering 90F.Boneless chicken strips are 90F.P.I.C. is stating a four hour window-no variance in site.Product re-heated to 165F.
• ⚠️Food Protection • Ready to eat rolls on bottom shelf in refrigerator underneath plastic soda containers.Store rolls on top shelf to eliminate possible contamination
  Food Protection • Ready to eat rolls on bottom shelf in refrigerator underneath plastic soda containers.Store rolls on top shelf to eliminate possible contamination
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean inside of all refrigeration units from visible stains and soils
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean inside of all refrigeration units from visible stains and soils
• ⚠️Improper Cleaning of Receptacles • Clean dolly being used to transport trash from all visible soils • Clean dolly being used to transport trash from all visible soils.
  Improper Cleaning of Receptacles • Clean dolly being used to transport trash from all visible soils • Clean dolly being used to transport trash from all visible soils.
• ⚠️Consumer Advisories • No consumer advisory on new menu.Provide if addition of sunnyside eggs.critical
  Consumer Advisories • No consumer advisory on new menu.Provide if addition of sunnyside eggs.

When was Cosi last inspected?

Cosi has 4 inspections on record going back to September 17, 2009.

Cosi 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 2% 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 November 12, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.