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Giacomo's Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 7, 2021
- address431 Columbus Av, Boston 02116
Is Giacomo's Restaurant clean?
Giacomo's Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 7, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Giacomo's Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 7, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood filters with built up soils.Clean to remove soilsVentilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood filters with built up soils.Clean to remove soils
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Fruit flies observed on the wall near the kitchen entrance/dish room Provide pest report upon re-inspection. Clean/sanitize walls in affected locationsControlling Pests (Pf) • Fruit flies observed on the wall near the kitchen entrance/dish room Provide pest report upon re-inspection. Clean/sanitize walls in affected locations
- ⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the floors under /around dish machine & cook line equipment to remove grease build up & soils.Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the floors under /around dish machine & cook line equipment to remove grease build up & soils.
When was Giacomo's Restaurant last inspected?
Giacomo's Restaurant has 30 inspections on record going back to May 15, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| October 7, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 28, 2021 | Fail | |
| September 2, 2020 | Pass | |
| July 31, 2019 | — | |
| July 24, 2019 | Fail | |
| October 2, 2018 | — | |
| September 24, 2018 | Fail | |
| November 1, 2017 | — | |
| October 24, 2017 | Fail | |
| August 4, 2016 | — |
Giacomo's Restaurant vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 October 7, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.