Drifter's Restaurant & Lounge

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 27, 2012
• address1184 Hyde Park Av, Hyde Park 02136

Is Drifter's Restaurant & Lounge clean?

Drifter's Restaurant & Lounge is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 27, 2012. 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 Drifter's Restaurant & Lounge?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 27, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • paint worn in walkin Cooler repair. Walk in cooler at 35 F-ok
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • paint worn in walkin Cooler repair. Walk in cooler at 35 F-ok
• ⚠️Premises Maintained • Remove all unecessary articles from kitchen area not in use equipment. • Store all cooking equipment inverted during storage.
  Premises Maintained • Remove all unecessary articles from kitchen area not in use equipment. • Store all cooking equipment inverted during storage.
• ⚠️Consumer Advisories • Provide Allergy Awareness Advisory on menus.critical
  Consumer Advisories • Provide Allergy Awareness Advisory on menus.

When was Drifter's Restaurant & Lounge last inspected?

Drifter's Restaurant & Lounge has 4 inspections on record going back to April 27, 2011.

Drifter's Restaurant & Lounge vs Hyde Park

Hyde Park runs 77% clean across 181 tracked restaurants — 132 clean, 20 mid, 19 cooked.

Against the 181 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 March 27, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.