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Don't Tell Aunty
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 15, 2026
- address1080 Boylston St, Boston 02115
Is Don't Tell Aunty clean?
Don't Tell Aunty is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 15, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Don't Tell Aunty?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C) • Two gaps at wall junctures in dining room and kitchen and as noted on pest report provide updated report that states the repairs have been made.Outer Openings Protected (C) • Two gaps at wall junctures in dining room and kitchen and as noted on pest report provide updated report that states the repairs have been made.
When was Don't Tell Aunty last inspected?
Don't Tell Aunty has 8 inspections on record going back to February 20, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 8, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 1, 2026 | — | |
| April 29, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 17, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| February 21, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 20, 2025 | Fail |
Don't Tell Aunty vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.