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Economy Hardware
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 20, 2018
- address189 Massachusetts Av, Boston 02115
Is Economy Hardware clean?
Economy Hardware is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 20, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Economy Hardware?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 20, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • 8-303.20 Condition of issuance for non payment of 2018 Health Permit. Submit payment to Health Department 1010 Mass Ave 4th FloorcriticalPIC Performing Duties • 8-303.20 Condition of issuance for non payment of 2018 Health Permit. Submit payment to Health Department 1010 Mass Ave 4th Floor
When was Economy Hardware last inspected?
Economy Hardware has 7 inspections on record going back to March 13, 2014.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 20, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 15, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| September 28, 2017 | Pass | |
| November 10, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 26, 2015 | Pass | |
| November 24, 2014 | Pass | |
| March 13, 2014 | Pass |
Economy Hardware 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 February 20, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.