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)
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
French Quarter inspection and administrative history
French Quarter has 29 inspections on record going back to February 19, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.
June 26, 2026 Administrative record filed
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View full inspection →May 22, 2026 Fail
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View full inspection →February 28, 2025 Administrative record filed
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View full inspection →February 21, 2025 Fail
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View full inspection →January 31, 2025 Pass
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View full inspection →January 17, 2025 Fail
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View full inspection →January 10, 2025 Fail
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View full inspection →October 18, 2024 Administrative hearing
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View full inspection →October 4, 2024 Fail
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View full inspection →September 27, 2024 Fail
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View full inspection →February 9, 2024 Pass
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View full inspection →February 2, 2024 Fail
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View full inspection →French Quarter vs Downtown
Downtown runs 92% clean across 993 tracked restaurants — 859 clean, 47 mid, 32 cooked.
Against the 993 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
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.
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