• resultFail
• critical violations4
• last inspectedJanuary 3, 2024 →
• address100 Terminal Rd, East Boston 02128

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Is Friendly's clean?

Friendly's is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 3, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Friendly's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 3, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (Pf)
• ⚠️Cleaning Procedure (P)critical
• ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf)
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C)
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C)
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)critical
• ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)critical
• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C)
• ⚠️Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf)
• ⚠️Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf)
• ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P)critical
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
• ⚠️Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf)
• ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf)

Friendly's inspection and administrative history

Friendly's has 23 inspections on record going back to April 3, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Friendly's vs East Boston

East Boston runs 91% clean across 526 tracked restaurants — 465 clean, 20 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 526 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 January 3, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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