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French Quarter
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 22, 2026
- address545 Washington St, Boston 02111
Is French Quarter clean?
French Quarter is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 22, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at French Quarter?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) and (C) Good Repair and Calibration-Utensils and Temperature and Pressure Measuring Devices (C) • The high temp dish machine rinse guage is not operating.Repair guage Disk temp reading 168F OK to use machine(A) and (C) Good Repair and Calibration-Utensils and Temperature and Pressure Measuring Devices (C) • The high temp dish machine rinse guage is not operating.Repair guage Disk temp reading 168F OK to use machine
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • There interior chute of the ice machine was observed with soils.Clean to remove soils.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • There interior chute of the ice machine was observed with soils.Clean to remove soils.
When was French Quarter last inspected?
French Quarter has 29 inspections on record going back to February 19, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 26, 2026 | — | |
| May 22, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 28, 2025 | — | |
| February 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 31, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 17, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 10, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 18, 2024 | — | |
| October 4, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 27, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 2, 2024 | Fail |
French Quarter vs Downtown
Downtown runs 89% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 851 clean, 49 mid, 61 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 8% of them.
Other spots in Downtown
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 May 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.