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Fireside Tavern
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 8, 2022
- address26 Hyde Park Av, Jamaica Plain 02130
Is Fireside Tavern clean?
Fireside Tavern is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 8, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Fireside Tavern?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 8, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Ice (P) • Clean interior of the ice bbin from a collection of visible soils and grimecriticalIce (P) • Clean interior of the ice bbin from a collection of visible soils and grime
- ⚠️Sponges Use Limitation (C) • Discontinue the use of sponges to clean the bar counter topsSponges Use Limitation (C) • Discontinue the use of sponges to clean the bar counter tops
- ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • Label to clearly Identify all designated hand sinksHandwashing Signage (C) • Label to clearly Identify all designated hand sinks
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Clean to remove all broken or unused equipment and loose debris in the rear of the barMaintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Clean to remove all broken or unused equipment and loose debris in the rear of the bar
When was Fireside Tavern last inspected?
Fireside Tavern has 44 inspections on record going back to November 28, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2022 | — | |
| April 27, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| February 8, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 31, 2022 | Fail | |
| September 22, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 13, 2021 | Fail | |
| May 6, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 21, 2021 | Fail | |
| February 24, 2020 | — | |
| July 17, 2019 | Pass | |
| July 10, 2019 | Fail |
Fireside Tavern vs Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Plain runs 77% clean across 189 tracked restaurants — 139 clean, 22 mid, 20 cooked.
Against the 189 spots Cooked tracks in Jamaica Plain, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 February 8, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.