Earl's Kitchen And Bar
mid
A raised eyebrow.
The current published rating reads mid. Read the dated record before deciding.
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 19, 2026 →
- address800 Boylston St, Boston 02199
Is Earl's Kitchen And Bar clean?
Earl's Kitchen And Bar is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 19, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Earl's Kitchen And Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 19, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (Pf)
- ⚠️Warewashing Machines Manufacturers’ Operating Instructions (C)
Earl's Kitchen And Bar inspection and administrative history
Earl's Kitchen And Bar has 40 inspections on record going back to August 24, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record
History worth a look: 2 of these 11 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.
October 19, 2026 Fail
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View full inspection →January 30, 2026 Pass
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View full inspection →January 12, 2026 Fail
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View full inspection →August 25, 2025 Pass
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View full inspection →August 12, 2025 Fail
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View full inspection →July 30, 2025 Fail
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View full inspection →October 25, 2024 Pass
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View full inspection →October 16, 2024 Fail
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View full inspection →May 14, 2024 Pass
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View full inspection →April 29, 2024 Fail
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View full inspection →January 3, 2024 Inspection not required
This is an administrative record, not a health inspection.
View full inspection →July 31, 2023 Pass
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View full inspection →Earl's Kitchen And Bar vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 505 tracked restaurants — 406 clean, 49 mid, 45 cooked.
Against the 505 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 19, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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