Fenway Market

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 21, 2020
• address70 Kilmarnock St, Boston 02215

Is Fenway Market clean?

Fenway Market is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 21, 2020. 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 Fenway Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 21, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • PIC not monitoring pest control cleaning and maintenance of facility.
  (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • PIC not monitoring pest control cleaning and maintenance of facility.
• ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Eggs stored above cream in cooler.critical
  Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Eggs stored above cream in cooler.
• ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • Provide vomit cleanup kit.
  Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • Provide vomit cleanup kit.
• ⚠️Warewashing Equipment Cleaning Frequency (C) • Three compartment sink soiled and obstructed. Remove items in sink and clean.
  Warewashing Equipment Cleaning Frequency (C) • Three compartment sink soiled and obstructed. Remove items in sink and clean.
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean shelving floors warewashing area and room of visible dust and soils.
  Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean shelving floors warewashing area and room of visible dust and soils.
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Several missing broken and loose floor tiles throughout. Replace.
  Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Several missing broken and loose floor tiles throughout. Replace.
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Evidence of rodent activity with what appears to be multiple rodent droppings on shelving. Provide updated IPM pest control report. Clean and disinfect all affected areas.
  Controlling Pests (Pf) • Evidence of rodent activity with what appears to be multiple rodent droppings on shelving. Provide updated IPM pest control report. Clean and disinfect all affected areas.
• ⚠️Cleaning of Plumbing Fixtures (C) • Clean and disinfect restroom of visible soils and filth.
  Cleaning of Plumbing Fixtures (C) • Clean and disinfect restroom of visible soils and filth.

When was Fenway Market last inspected?

Fenway Market has 32 inspections on record going back to June 27, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Fenway Market vs Longwood

Longwood runs 78% clean across 203 tracked restaurants — 153 clean, 19 mid, 23 cooked.

Against the 203 spots Cooked tracks in Longwood, this one comes out cleaner than 5% of them.

Other spots in Longwood

• ✓ Thorntons Fenway Grille
  clean · October 11, 2024
• ✓ Sepal
  clean · April 20, 2017
• ✓ Chutney's
  clean · August 13, 2021
• ✕ Barrio Cantina
  cooked · October 24, 2013
• ✓ Flik International @ Merck & Co.
  clean · January 7, 2026
• ✓ Au Bon Pain (Joslin Pl.)
  clean · May 16, 2016

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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 September 21, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.