• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 3, 2019 →
• address284 Newbury St, Boston 02115

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Is Hall clean?

Hall is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 3, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Hall?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 3, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Test Kit Provided
• ⚠️Improper Storage of Re-usable Utensils
• ⚠️Single Service Articles Stored Dispensed
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
• ⚠️Anti-Choking
• ⚠️PIC Knowledgecritical
• ⚠️PIC Performing Dutiescritical

Hall inspection and administrative history

Hall has 8 inspections on record going back to August 22, 2017.

Hall vs Back Bay

Back Bay runs 81% clean across 503 tracked restaurants — 405 clean, 51 mid, 42 cooked.

Against the 503 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 3% of them.

Other spots in Back Bay

• ✓ Dig Inn
  clean · January 19, 2023
• ✓ Gnc
  clean · November 3, 2017
• ✓ Travel Traders No. 3052@Sheraton Boston Hotel
  cooked · August 27, 2025
• ✓ Piattini Gelateria & Cafe
  clean · July 8, 2010
• ✓ Serafina
  clean · October 14, 2025
• ✓ Anna's Taqueria
  clean · April 7, 2026

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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, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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