Ghost Light Tavern

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 21, 2026
• address253 Tremont St, Boston 02116

Is Ghost Light Tavern clean?

Ghost Light Tavern is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Ghost Light Tavern?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No written procedures to clean up a vomit and diarrhea event could be presented during the inspection; provide.
  Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No written procedures to clean up a vomit and diarrhea event could be presented during the inspection; provide.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • At the bar observed a cup without a handle used to scoop ice for drinks; provide scoops with handles to prevent contamination by hands.
  In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • At the bar observed a cup without a handle used to scoop ice for drinks; provide scoops with handles to prevent contamination by hands.
• ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • At the low temperature warewashing machine in the basement tested 0ppm after multiple attempts and after changing the chemical sanitizer; repair or replace the warewashing machine so that it sanitzes at proper sanitizer concentration. The person in charge states they will wash what can fit in the bar chemical warewashing machine and anything else will be swapped for single-use serving plates or cups; there is no three compartment sink on site and a service call will be placed in the morning to repair the warewashing machine.critical
  Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • At the low temperature warewashing machine in the basement tested 0ppm after multiple attempts and after changing the chemical sanitizer; repair or replace the warewashing machine so that it sanitzes at proper sanitizer concentration. The person in charge states they will wash what can fit in the bar chemical warewashing machine and anything else will be swapped for single-use serving plates or cups; there is no three compartment sink on site and a service call will be placed in the morning to repair the warewashing machine.
• ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • The interiors of the deep fat fryer cabinets are heavily encrusted in soils and grease; clean and sanitize.
  (B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • The interiors of the deep fat fryer cabinets are heavily encrusted in soils and grease; clean and sanitize.
• ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • Handwashing sinks in the women's restroom in the kitchen and in the warewashing room lack handwashing signage; provide.
  Handwashing Signage (C) • Handwashing sinks in the women's restroom in the kitchen and in the warewashing room lack handwashing signage; provide.
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • The floor tiles in front of the deep fat fryers are broken or damaged; repair or replace.
  Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • The floor tiles in front of the deep fat fryers are broken or damaged; repair or replace.

When was Ghost Light Tavern last inspected?

Ghost Light Tavern has 41 inspections on record going back to November 19, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Ghost Light Tavern vs Bay Village

Bay Village runs 88% clean across 350 tracked restaurants — 292 clean, 16 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 350 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Village, this one comes out cleaner than 12% of them.

Other spots in Bay Village

• ✓ Boston Common Hotel & Conference Center
  clean · October 16, 2017
• ✓ Iron Wok (Unit F-3)
  clean · November 7, 2019
• ✓ Pret A Manger
  clean · November 4, 2019
• ✓ Lambert's (8 Park Plaza D-7)
  clean · February 6, 2013
• ✓ Flour Bakery & Cafe
  clean · March 25, 2026
• ✓ Sandella's Flatbread Cafe
  clean · April 10, 2015

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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 July 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.