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Ell-Bern Service Corp.
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 28, 2026
- address584 Columbus Av, Roxbury 02118
Is Ell-Bern Service Corp. clean?
Ell-Bern Service Corp. is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 28, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Ell-Bern Service Corp.?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (C) • Relocate chemicals from ready to eat foods when storing them on grocery aisle shelving units - or store all chemicals and such on the bottom shelf and ready to eat foods directly above themPackaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (C) • Relocate chemicals from ready to eat foods when storing them on grocery aisle shelving units - or store all chemicals and such on the bottom shelf and ready to eat foods directly above them
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean inside / outside of all freezer / refrigeration units as well as all grocery aisle shelving from all visible soilsNonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean inside / outside of all freezer / refrigeration units as well as all grocery aisle shelving from all visible soils
- ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • Clean floors throughout the entire food section area from all visible soilsSurface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • Clean floors throughout the entire food section area from all visible soils
- ⚠️Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C) • Clean the walls throughout the location from all visible soilsWall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C) • Clean the walls throughout the location from all visible soils
When was Ell-Bern Service Corp. last inspected?
Ell-Bern Service Corp. has 29 inspections on record going back to December 27, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 28, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 20, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 14, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 9, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 13, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 20, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 6, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 25, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| March 11, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 3, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 6, 2021 | Pass |
Ell-Bern Service Corp. vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, 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 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.