Forum

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 13, 2013
• address755 Boylston St, Boston 02116

Is Forum clean?

Forum is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 13, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Forum?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 13, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Installed and Maintained • upper bar/remove stagnate water from 2 door reach in ice machine/provide proper 1/2 inch gap to drainage of unit lower level/remove non working toilet basement/remove ice machine
  Installed and Maintained • upper bar/remove stagnate water from 2 door reach in ice machine/provide proper 1/2 inch gap to drainage of unit lower level/remove non working toilet basement/remove ice machine
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • bars/handsinks/provide liquid soap/paper towels in dispensers and handwash signage
  Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • bars/handsinks/provide liquid soap/paper towels in dispensers and handwash signage
• ⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • dumpster/provide tight fitting lids
  Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • dumpster/provide tight fitting lids
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • basement/properly cover all loose duct covering office/locker/liquor room/replace missing ceiling tiles
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • basement/properly cover all loose duct covering office/locker/liquor room/replace missing ceiling tiles
• ⚠️Premises Maintained • upper bar/clean/organize electrical closet basement/clean/organize
  Premises Maintained • upper bar/clean/organize electrical closet basement/clean/organize

When was Forum last inspected?

Forum has 9 inspections on record going back to July 1, 2011.

Forum vs Back Bay

Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.

Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 13% of them.

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  clean · January 16, 2013
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  clean · July 31, 2012
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• ✓ Joe's American Bar & Grill
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• ✓ Itadaki
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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 13, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.