Fresh Boston

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 10, 2026 →
• address232 Old Colony Av, South Boston 02127

Is Fresh Boston clean?

Fresh Boston is no longer in business. Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division recorded it as out of business on September 30, 2026, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Fail on July 10, 2026. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

What did inspectors find at Fresh Boston?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf)

When was Fresh Boston last inspected?

Fresh Boston has 29 inspections on record going back to November 3, 2022. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

Fresh Boston vs Chinatown

Chinatown runs 86% clean across 298 tracked restaurants — 248 clean, 22 mid, 17 cooked.

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  clean · September 3, 2024
• ✓ Su Su Delight
  clean · May 13, 2025
• ✓ Clay Pot Cafe
  clean · September 25, 2026

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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 July 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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