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Fox & The Knife
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 21, 2026
- address28 W Broadway, South Boston 02127
Is Fox & The Knife clean?
Fox & The Knife is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Fox & The Knife?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Eating Drinking or Using Tobacco (C) • In the food preperation area in the basement observed an employee drinking water out of an uncovered deli container; employees should eat or drink in designated areas away from food preperation areas to prevent contamination.Eating Drinking or Using Tobacco (C) • In the food preperation area in the basement observed an employee drinking water out of an uncovered deli container; employees should eat or drink in designated areas away from food preperation areas to prevent contamination.
- ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • In the basement prep area observed an employee handling RTE foods without a hair restraint; employees must be wearing effective hair restraints while handling foods. The employee retrieved a hat after the observation.Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • In the basement prep area observed an employee handling RTE foods without a hair restraint; employees must be wearing effective hair restraints while handling foods. The employee retrieved a hat after the observation.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • At the cookline observed in use utensils stored in 75F water; the person in charge had the staff clean and sanitize the containers and utensils; store in use utensils on a clean and sanitized surface in water 135F or above or in cool running water.In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • At the cookline observed in use utensils stored in 75F water; the person in charge had the staff clean and sanitize the containers and utensils; store in use utensils on a clean and sanitized surface in water 135F or above or in cool running water.
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • At the main cook line in the sandwich cooler raw beef for steak tartare 59F burrata in sandwich cooler 49F and burrata in reachin below sandwich cooler 49F. All other TCS in the sandwich cooler and in the reachin below were at 41F or below. The person in charge states the steak and burrata had been moved from the walkin refrigerator at around 3:30pm and removed the steak and burrata to the walkin to cool to 41F and replaced the steak and burrata with replacements from the walkin refrigerator. Store TCS foods at 41F or belowcritical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • At the main cook line in the sandwich cooler raw beef for steak tartare 59F burrata in sandwich cooler 49F and burrata in reachin below sandwich cooler 49F. All other TCS in the sandwich cooler and in the reachin below were at 41F or below. The person in charge states the steak and burrata had been moved from the walkin refrigerator at around 3:30pm and removed the steak and burrata to the walkin to cool to 41F and replaced the steak and burrata with replacements from the walkin refrigerator. Store TCS foods at 41F or below
- ⚠️Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • Location's food thermometer would not turn on and they have no other food thermometers. The person in charge ordered a new thermometer during the inspection scheduled to be delivered on 1/14/2026. Food establishments should have a working food thermometer present at all times.Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • Location's food thermometer would not turn on and they have no other food thermometers. The person in charge ordered a new thermometer during the inspection scheduled to be delivered on 1/14/2026. Food establishments should have a working food thermometer present at all times.
- ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • The gasket for the walkin refrigerator is damanged; repair or replace the gasket.Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • The gasket for the walkin refrigerator is damanged; repair or replace the gasket.
- ⚠️Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • At the outside dumpster area there are torn trash bags on the ground with refuse spread around the area; clean the refuse area of refuse and debris.Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • At the outside dumpster area there are torn trash bags on the ground with refuse spread around the area; clean the refuse area of refuse and debris.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • In the basement dry storage closet and the storage area with employees belongings observed small dark rodent droppings and two captured rodents. Clean and sanitize the areas of droppings and caught pests and have your pest control operator perform a service and provide a clean (no captures no evidence) of pests to [email protected]Controlling Pests (Pf) • In the basement dry storage closet and the storage area with employees belongings observed small dark rodent droppings and two captured rodents. Clean and sanitize the areas of droppings and caught pests and have your pest control operator perform a service and provide a clean (no captures no evidence) of pests to [email protected]
When was Fox & The Knife last inspected?
Fox & The Knife has 21 inspections on record going back to January 29, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 21, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2026 | Fail | |
| September 15, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 8, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 6, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 15, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 8, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| November 21, 2023 | — | |
| November 14, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — |
Fox & The Knife vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 85% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 22 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.