Eddie Merlot's

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 25, 2026 →
• address505 Congress St, Boston 02210

Is Eddie Merlot's clean?

Eddie Merlot's is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 25, 2026. 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 Eddie Merlot's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Package Integrity (Pf)
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)critical
• ⚠️Warewashing Machines Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf)
• ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)
• ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C)
• ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C)
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
• ⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C)
• ⚠️Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf)
• ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf)
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf)
• ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C)

Eddie Merlot's inspection and administrative history

Eddie Merlot's has 21 inspections on record going back to January 17, 2023. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 4 of these 10 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

Eddie Merlot's vs South Boston Waterfront

South Boston Waterfront runs 95% clean across 389 tracked restaurants — 339 clean, 13 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 389 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston Waterfront, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 September 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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