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Fresh Boston
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 10, 2026
- address232 Old Colony Av, South Boston 02127
Is Fresh Boston clean?
Fresh Boston is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 10, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
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.
- ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • Provide handwashing signage at bar handsinkHandwashing Signage (C) • Provide handwashing signage at bar handsink
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Observed heavy volume of fly activity throughout establishment (kitchen / service area / bar). Instructed PIC to contact pest control for increased services and deep clean all drains and equipment. 7-10-26 Bar and service area is much better and kitchen handful seen wall at prep sink when first entering the kitchen clean to removeControlling Pests (Pf) • Observed heavy volume of fly activity throughout establishment (kitchen / service area / bar). Instructed PIC to contact pest control for increased services and deep clean all drains and equipment. 7-10-26 Bar and service area is much better and kitchen handful seen wall at prep sink when first entering the kitchen clean to remove
When was Fresh Boston last inspected?
Fresh Boston has 28 inspections on record going back to November 3, 2022. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 10, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 25, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 24, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| June 23, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| April 9, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 2, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 11, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 24, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 15, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 6, 2025 | Fail |
Fresh Boston 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 12% of them.
Other spots in Chinatown
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 July 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.