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Harvard Gardens
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 8, 2010
- address310 Cambridge St, Boston 02114
Is Harvard Gardens clean?
Harvard Gardens is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 8, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Harvard Gardens?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 8, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • provide proper ice scoop with handleFood Contact Surfaces Design • provide proper ice scoop with handle
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • repair leakInstalled and Maintained • repair leak
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • provide signageHand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • provide signage
- ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed • resurface ruted walk-in floorFloors Designed Constructed Installed • resurface ruted walk-in floor
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • repair deficiancy to hood - provide proper filtersImproper Maintenance of Floors • repair deficiancy to hood - provide proper filters
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • seal hole in wall by barImproper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • seal hole in wall by bar
- ⚠️Proper storage of clean linen • clean linen stored on ground - store properlyProper storage of clean linen • clean linen stored on ground - store properly
When was Harvard Gardens last inspected?
Harvard Gardens has 12 inspections on record going back to August 16, 2007.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| April 8, 2010 | Fail | |
| December 22, 2009 | — | |
| June 3, 2009 | — | |
| March 5, 2009 | Pass | |
| July 29, 2008 | Pass | |
| July 22, 2008 | Fail | |
| February 29, 2008 | Pass | |
| February 20, 2008 | Fail | |
| August 30, 2007 | — | |
| August 16, 2007 | Fail |
Harvard Gardens 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 7% 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 April 8, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.