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Earl's Kitchen And Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 30, 2026
- address800 Boylston St, Boston 02199
Is Earl's Kitchen And Bar clean?
Earl's Kitchen And Bar is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 30, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Earl's Kitchen And Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No vomit cleanup kit or procedures on site. Provide. Emailed procedures.Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No vomit cleanup kit or procedures on site. Provide. Emailed procedures.
- ⚠️Washing Fruits and Vegetables (Pf) • No presence of vegetable wash when tested at dispenser. Make all necessary repairs.Washing Fruits and Vegetables (Pf) • No presence of vegetable wash when tested at dispenser. Make all necessary repairs.
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cooked taco meat 56F beans 52F. PIC removed items made within the hour from service to cool to below 41F. Corrected on site.critical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cooked taco meat 56F beans 52F. PIC removed items made within the hour from service to cool to below 41F. Corrected on site.
- ⚠️Consumption of Animal Foods that are Raw Undercooked or Not Otherwise Processed to Eliminate Pathogens (Pf) • Font size on menu for consumer advisory is too small. Provide font size 11 or above.Consumption of Animal Foods that are Raw Undercooked or Not Otherwise Processed to Eliminate Pathogens (Pf) • Font size on menu for consumer advisory is too small. Provide font size 11 or above.
- ⚠️Conformance with Approved Procedures (P) • No distilled water on site for rice slurry as specified in HACCP plan. Corrected on site. PIC went to store and got some more distilled water.criticalConformance with Approved Procedures (P) • No distilled water on site for rice slurry as specified in HACCP plan. Corrected on site. PIC went to store and got some more distilled water.
When was Earl's Kitchen And Bar last inspected?
Earl's Kitchen And Bar has 39 inspections on record going back to August 24, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 30, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2026 | Fail | |
| August 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 12, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 30, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 25, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 16, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 14, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 29, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| July 31, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 24, 2023 | Fail |
Earl's Kitchen And Bar 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 January 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.