• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedAugust 9, 2019 →
• address100 Terminal Rd, East Boston 02128

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Is Fresh City clean?

Fresh City is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 9, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🚩.

What did inspectors find at Fresh City?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 9, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Cleaning Procedure (P)critical
• ⚠️(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf)
• ⚠️Thawing (C)
• ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)critical
• ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C)
• ⚠️Hot Water and Chemical-Methods (P)critical
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
• ⚠️Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf)
• ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf)
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf)
• ⚠️Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C)

Fresh City inspection and administrative history

Fresh City has 30 inspections on record going back to May 24, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

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

History worth a look: 4 of these 7 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

Fresh City vs East Boston

East Boston runs 93% clean across 526 tracked restaurants — 471 clean, 18 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 526 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in East Boston

• ? Fruity 'n Fresh
  not rated · August 12, 2010
• ✓ Cirque Du Soleil - Spectrum Catering
  clean · October 30, 2018
• ✓ Cosi - Southwest (Kiosk)
  clean · March 20, 2012
• ✓ Hudson No. 1921
  clean · February 5, 2026
• ✓ Burger King No. 16370
  clean · January 16, 2020
• ? Mi Tierra Market
  not rated · September 14, 2022

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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.

Read the Boston ratings guide →

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 August 9, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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