Earl Of Sandwich is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 27, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Earl Of Sandwich?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 27, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw shell eggs stored above ready top eat products. Person in charge corrected.critical
Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw shell eggs stored above ready top eat products. Person in charge corrected.
⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Employee items left on top of bread boxes in basement. Remove.
Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Employee items left on top of bread boxes in basement. Remove.
⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Meatball in hot holding unit at 108F. Person in charge discarded.critical
(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Meatball in hot holding unit at 108F. Person in charge discarded.
⚠️Sponges Use Limitation (C) • Sponge being used in three bay sink. Discontinue.
Sponges Use Limitation (C) • Sponge being used in three bay sink. Discontinue.
⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Ice machine observed with soils. Clean to remove.
(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Ice machine observed with soils. Clean to remove.
⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Under equiptment in basement soiled. Bottom of refrigerators in basement are soiled. Clean to remove.
Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Under equiptment in basement soiled. Bottom of refrigerators in basement are soiled. Clean to remove.
⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Production line hand sink observed leaking. Person in charge indicated there has been a service call placed.
System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Production line hand sink observed leaking. Person in charge indicated there has been a service call placed.
⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C) • Front door observed propped open. Close to prevent potential pests.
Outer Openings Protected (C) • Front door observed propped open. Close to prevent potential pests.
⚠️Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Observed heavily soiled and expired romain lettuce stored in basement refrigerator. Remove.
Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Observed heavily soiled and expired romain lettuce stored in basement refrigerator. Remove.
⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Heavy fly presence in production line and basement area. Provide updated pest reports.
Controlling Pests (Pf) • Heavy fly presence in production line and basement area. Provide updated pest reports.
When was Earl Of Sandwich last inspected?
Earl Of Sandwich has 26 inspections on record going back to November 15, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
date
result
score
November 15, 2024
closed by the city
October 31, 2024
—
January 3, 2024
—
June 27, 2023
Pass
June 20, 2023
Fail
January 18, 2023
—
October 27, 2022
Pass
October 20, 2022
Fail
July 5, 2022
—
June 6, 2022
Fail
March 15, 2022
—
July 7, 2021
Pass
Earl Of Sandwich vs Bay Village
Bay Village runs 88% clean across 350 tracked restaurants — 292 clean, 16 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 350 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Village, this one comes out cleaner than 12% of them.
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 June 27, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.