• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 28, 2026 →
• address717 Centre St, Jamaica Plain 02130

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Is Costello's Tavern Inc clean?

Costello's Tavern Inc is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 28, 2026. 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 Costello's Tavern Inc?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C)
• ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)
• ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C)
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)critical
• ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C)
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
• ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C)

Costello's Tavern Inc inspection and administrative history

Costello's Tavern Inc has 66 inspections on record going back to August 23, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Costello's Tavern Inc vs Jamaica Plain

Jamaica Plain runs 76% clean across 182 tracked restaurants — 133 clean, 22 mid, 19 cooked.

Against the 182 spots Cooked tracks in Jamaica Plain, this one comes out cleaner than 9% of them.

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• ✓ Drinking Fountain
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• ✓ Hills Deli
  clean · December 30, 2025
• ✓ East Ocean
  clean · April 26, 2012
• ✓ Fireside Tavern
  clean · February 8, 2022

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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 May 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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