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Gennaro 5 North Square
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 28, 2016
- address5 North Sq, Boston 02113
Is Gennaro 5 North Square clean?
Gennaro 5 North Square is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 28, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Gennaro 5 North Square?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 28, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Hood tag expired in October 2016 / Hood cleaning scheduled for 11/26/16.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Hood tag expired in October 2016 / Hood cleaning scheduled for 11/26/16.
When was Gennaro 5 North Square last inspected?
Gennaro 5 North Square has 22 inspections on record going back to June 12, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| November 28, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 16, 2016 | Fail | |
| April 27, 2015 | Pass | |
| May 15, 2014 | Pass | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| June 28, 2013 | Pass | |
| June 21, 2013 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| December 13, 2012 | Pass | |
| December 7, 2012 | Fail | |
| June 18, 2012 | Pass |
Gennaro 5 North Square vs North End
North End runs 86% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 564 clean, 35 mid, 57 cooked.
Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated November 28, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.