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Finagle-A-Bagel
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 13, 2026
- address535 Boylston St, Boston 02116
Is Finagle-A-Bagel clean?
Finagle-A-Bagel is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 13, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Finagle-A-Bagel?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Discarding or Reconditioning Unsafe Adulterated or Contaminated Food (P) • Expired milk Dec 27 in the small refrigeration unit. Milk was removed and poured out. Please ensure staff is checking expiration dates.criticalDiscarding or Reconditioning Unsafe Adulterated or Contaminated Food (P) • Expired milk Dec 27 in the small refrigeration unit. Milk was removed and poured out. Please ensure staff is checking expiration dates.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed mold- like substance inside the ice machine. Clean to remove.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed mold- like substance inside the ice machine. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Observed rodent droppings in the basement behind the white bins. Clean to remove droppings. PIC was able to provide Nov pest reports. Please contact licensed extermination company and provide a detailed IPM report. Report needs to be free and clean of rodent activity. Recommend more frequent visits.Controlling Pests (Pf) • Observed rodent droppings in the basement behind the white bins. Clean to remove droppings. PIC was able to provide Nov pest reports. Please contact licensed extermination company and provide a detailed IPM report. Report needs to be free and clean of rodent activity. Recommend more frequent visits.
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • The door in the basement leading out to the hallway is in need of repair. Door will not properly close. The tile/baseboard needs to be repaired. Observed rodent activity in the hallway. Repairing the door and tile will help with rodent actvity. Photo taken.Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • The door in the basement leading out to the hallway is in need of repair. Door will not properly close. The tile/baseboard needs to be repaired. Observed rodent activity in the hallway. Repairing the door and tile will help with rodent actvity. Photo taken.
When was Finagle-A-Bagel last inspected?
Finagle-A-Bagel has 73 inspections on record going back to January 2, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 13, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 6, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 29, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 15, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 19, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 12, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 7, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 10, 2024 | closed by the city |
Finagle-A-Bagel vs Bay Village
Bay Village runs 88% clean across 350 tracked restaurants — 292 clean, 16 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 350 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Village, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.