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Estragon
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 8, 2025
- address700 Harrison Av, Boston 02118
Is Estragon clean?
Estragon is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 8, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Estragon?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention Air Gap (P) • Observed no air gap installed at prep sink. Discussed with PIC to contact licensed plumber for repairs and provide reportcriticalBackflow Prevention Air Gap (P) • Observed no air gap installed at prep sink. Discussed with PIC to contact licensed plumber for repairs and provide report
When was Estragon last inspected?
Estragon has 49 inspections on record going back to May 29, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 8, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 1, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 2, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| November 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 15, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| October 26, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 21, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| October 25, 2021 | Pass |
Estragon 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 October 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.