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Hampshire House Butcher Block
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 24, 2026
- address84 Beacon St, Boston 02108
Is Hampshire House Butcher Block clean?
Hampshire House Butcher Block is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 24, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Hampshire House Butcher Block?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf) • Remove and replace the salamander broiler. Before purchasing the new equipment please send over the specs to the email provided. The equipment must be NSF certified.Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf) • Remove and replace the salamander broiler. Before purchasing the new equipment please send over the specs to the email provided. The equipment must be NSF certified.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Clean and sanitize all kitchen equipment in the basement to remove soot and smoke smell.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Clean and sanitize all kitchen equipment in the basement to remove soot and smoke smell.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean and sanitize walls ceiling and floors in the basement kitchen.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean and sanitize walls ceiling and floors in the basement kitchen.
When was Hampshire House Butcher Block last inspected?
Hampshire House Butcher Block has 58 inspections on record going back to March 13, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 24, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 27, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 26, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| June 22, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 21, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| March 23, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 26, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 19, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 16, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 9, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 10, 2024 | Fail |
Hampshire House Butcher Block vs Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill runs 85% clean across 149 tracked restaurants — 123 clean, 10 mid, 11 cooked.
Against the 149 spots Cooked tracks in Beacon Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 July 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.