Five Horses Tavern

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 2, 2026
• address535 Columbus Av, Roxbury 02118

Is Five Horses Tavern clean?

Five Horses Tavern is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 2, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Five Horses Tavern?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 2, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Controlling Pests (C) • Report from Burgess dated 5/19/26 states there was two captures. Provide updated IPM pest control report upon re inspection. Continue pest treatments until there are no captures structural voids or sanitary concerns. Report should also state inside drop ceilings are treated.
  Controlling Pests (C) • Report from Burgess dated 5/19/26 states there was two captures. Provide updated IPM pest control report upon re inspection. Continue pest treatments until there are no captures structural voids or sanitary concerns. Report should also state inside drop ceilings are treated.
• ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood sticker is expired. Provide current.
  Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood sticker is expired. Provide current.

When was Five Horses Tavern last inspected?

Five Horses Tavern has 55 inspections on record going back to August 13, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Five Horses Tavern vs South End

South End runs 80% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 489 clean, 61 mid, 65 cooked.

Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 June 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.