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Grass Roots Deli
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 14, 2010
- address183 Devonshire St, Boston 02110
Is Grass Roots Deli clean?
Grass Roots Deli is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 14, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Grass Roots Deli?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 14, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Protection • Pastry out ontop of Deli case without food protection.Food Protection • Pastry out ontop of Deli case without food protection.
- ⚠️Prevention of Contamination from Hands • CFM/owner observed cutting and handling RTE food(avacado) with bare hands.criticalPrevention of Contamination from Hands • CFM/owner observed cutting and handling RTE food(avacado) with bare hands.
- ⚠️Location Accessible • Items in handsink.criticalLocation Accessible • Items in handsink.
When was Grass Roots Deli last inspected?
Grass Roots Deli has 13 inspections on record going back to February 27, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| December 14, 2010 | Pass | |
| December 6, 2010 | Fail | |
| February 19, 2010 | Pass | |
| February 12, 2010 | Fail | |
| December 21, 2009 | Pass | |
| December 7, 2009 | Fail | |
| May 21, 2009 | Pass | |
| March 30, 2009 | Fail | |
| November 1, 2008 | Pass | |
| October 24, 2008 | Fail | |
| March 5, 2008 | Pass |
Grass Roots Deli vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 December 14, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.