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Harvard Gardens
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 7, 2026
- address310 Cambridge St, Boston 02114
Is Harvard Gardens clean?
Harvard Gardens is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 7, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Harvard Gardens?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Food items inside the flip top Eggs 51F Cornbeef- 60F. Ensure staff is not over filling the containers and are taking food tempertures. PIC removed both items and placed them back into the walk in refrigeration unit to bring the temperature down.critical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Food items inside the flip top Eggs 51F Cornbeef- 60F. Ensure staff is not over filling the containers and are taking food tempertures. PIC removed both items and placed them back into the walk in refrigeration unit to bring the temperature down.
- ⚠️Rinsing Procedures (C) • Observed soiled pots and pans being stored inside the 3 bay sink. Ensure staff is not storing soiled pots and pans in all the bays. 3 bay is used for wash rinse and sanitizing.Rinsing Procedures (C) • Observed soiled pots and pans being stored inside the 3 bay sink. Ensure staff is not storing soiled pots and pans in all the bays. 3 bay is used for wash rinse and sanitizing.
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention (P) • No air gap under the prep sink in the basement. Please contact licensed plumber pull permit at 1010 Mass Ave and the plumbing inspector must sign off on the work done before health can approve.criticalBackflow Prevention (P) • No air gap under the prep sink in the basement. Please contact licensed plumber pull permit at 1010 Mass Ave and the plumbing inspector must sign off on the work done before health can approve.
- ⚠️Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Observed soiled walls behind the 3 bay sink. Clean walls to remove soil.Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Observed soiled walls behind the 3 bay sink. Clean walls to remove soil.
When was Harvard Gardens last inspected?
Harvard Gardens has 53 inspections on record going back to August 13, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 30, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 9, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 2, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 29, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 22, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| October 18, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 27, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 27, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 20, 2024 | 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 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 May 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.