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Devlin's Restaurant
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 21, 2026
- address332 Washington St, Brighton 02135
Is Devlin's Restaurant clean?
Devlin's Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 21, 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 Devlin's Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • The gaskets for the reach-in unit holding the oysters are damaged and torn; repair or replace the gaskets.Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • The gaskets for the reach-in unit holding the oysters are damaged and torn; repair or replace the gaskets.
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention (P) • Upon reinspection permits have been pulled but work has not been completed; have your licensed plumber pull proper permits and install an air gap at the prep sink in the basement.criticalBackflow Prevention (P) • Upon reinspection permits have been pulled but work has not been completed; have your licensed plumber pull proper permits and install an air gap at the prep sink in the basement.
When was Devlin's Restaurant last inspected?
Devlin's Restaurant has 54 inspections on record going back to October 16, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2026 | — | |
| May 21, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 14, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 7, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 10, 2025 | — | |
| March 14, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 7, 2025 | Fail | |
| September 4, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 12, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 5, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| August 1, 2023 | — |
Devlin's Restaurant vs Brighton
Brighton runs 83% clean across 486 tracked restaurants — 393 clean, 43 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 486 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 May 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.