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Emack & Bolio's
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 10, 2025
- address290 Newbury St, Boston 02115
Is Emack & Bolio's clean?
Emack & Bolio's is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 10, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Emack & Bolio's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Sponges Use Limitation (C) • Sponges observed at warewashing. Discontinue using sponges to wash food contact surfaces.Sponges Use Limitation (C) • Sponges observed at warewashing. Discontinue using sponges to wash food contact surfaces.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils and debris in cabintets under blender station and table. Clean and maintain.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils and debris in cabintets under blender station and table. Clean and maintain.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Ants observed under back counter next to refrigerator. Contact pest control and service as needed.Controlling Pests (Pf) • Ants observed under back counter next to refrigerator. Contact pest control and service as needed.
When was Emack & Bolio's last inspected?
Emack & Bolio's has 60 inspections on record going back to March 31, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2026 | — | |
| June 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 3, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 26, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 15, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 8, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 24, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 1, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 5, 2023 | Fail | |
| May 12, 2023 | — | |
| January 18, 2023 | — |
Emack & Bolio's 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 June 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.