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Finn Mccool's Bistro & Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 27, 2020
- address200 High St, Boston 02110
Is Finn Mccool's Bistro & Bar clean?
Finn Mccool's Bistro & Bar is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 27, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Finn Mccool's Bistro & Bar?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on August 27, 2020. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Finn Mccool's Bistro & Bar last inspected?
Finn Mccool's Bistro & Bar has 16 inspections on record going back to May 26, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| August 27, 2020 | Pass | |
| March 12, 2020 | Pass | |
| March 5, 2020 | Fail | |
| October 9, 2019 | Pass | |
| September 20, 2019 | Fail | |
| May 17, 2019 | Pass | |
| May 2, 2019 | Fail | |
| November 7, 2018 | — | |
| June 14, 2018 | Pass | |
| May 31, 2018 | Fail | |
| December 18, 2017 | Pass |
Finn Mccool's Bistro & Bar vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 August 27, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.