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Ferrara's Kitchen & Bar
- resultFail
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 28, 2014
- address74 Salem St, Boston 02113
Is Ferrara's Kitchen & Bar clean?
Ferrara's Kitchen & Bar is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 28, 2014. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Ferrara's Kitchen & Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 28, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PHF's Properly Thawed • Thawing out frozen seafood at room temperature -thaw as discussedPHF's Properly Thawed • Thawing out frozen seafood at room temperature -thaw as discussed
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Provide scoop withg handles where needed to dispense condimentsFood Contact Surfaces Design • Provide scoop withg handles where needed to dispense condiments
- ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • Provide three pugs for warewashing sinkDishwashng Facilities • Provide three pugs for warewashing sink
- ⚠️Toxic Items: Original Container • Label all clear plastic spray bottles to properly identify the productcriticalToxic Items: Original Container • Label all clear plastic spray bottles to properly identify the product
- ⚠️Consumer Advisories • Provide disclosure / reminder on menu where neededcriticalConsumer Advisories • Provide disclosure / reminder on menu where needed
When was Ferrara's Kitchen & Bar last inspected?
Ferrara's Kitchen & Bar has 17 inspections on record going back to September 23, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| June 3, 2014 | closed by the city | |
| May 28, 2014 | Fail | |
| September 6, 2013 | Pass | |
| August 28, 2013 | Fail | |
| May 24, 2013 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2013 | Fail | |
| December 17, 2012 | Pass | |
| December 10, 2012 | Fail | |
| August 2, 2012 | — | |
| July 26, 2012 | Fail | |
| December 9, 2011 | Pass |
Ferrara's Kitchen & Bar vs North End
North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 May 28, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.