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House Of Blues
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 13, 2019
- address35 Lansdowne St, Boston 02215
Is House Of Blues clean?
House Of Blues is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 13, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at House Of Blues?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 13, 2019, 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) • Multiple items in the open top unit reading 50-53F.Mainatin items 41F or below. PIC removing items to cool/hold 41F or below Discussed cold holding/cooling procedures with the PICcritical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Multiple items in the open top unit reading 50-53F.Mainatin items 41F or below. PIC removing items to cool/hold 41F or below Discussed cold holding/cooling procedures with the PIC
- ⚠️Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf) • Fry station open top unit reading 50F.Repair Maintain cold holding 41F or belowCooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf) • Fry station open top unit reading 50F.Repair Maintain cold holding 41F or below
- ⚠️Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils-Frequency (P) • Interiors of multiple ice machines observed soiled.Clean to remove soils.criticalEquipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils-Frequency (P) • Interiors of multiple ice machines observed soiled.Clean to remove soils.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the gaskets & interiors of reach in units to remove soils.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the gaskets & interiors of reach in units to remove soils.
- ⚠️(A) (B) and (D) Equipment Utensils Linens and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles Storing (C) • Remove equipment storage from on top of grease trap. Designate area for proper storage(A) (B) and (D) Equipment Utensils Linens and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles Storing (C) • Remove equipment storage from on top of grease trap. Designate area for proper storage
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Multiple handwash sink fixtures observed loose.RepairSystem Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Multiple handwash sink fixtures observed loose.Repair
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Fruit fly activity observed at the end of the bar.Provide full pest report upon re-inspection. Clean/sanitize locationControlling Pests (Pf) • Fruit fly activity observed at the end of the bar.Provide full pest report upon re-inspection. Clean/sanitize location
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Properly secure CO2 tanks in multiple locationsMaintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Properly secure CO2 tanks in multiple locations
When was House Of Blues last inspected?
House Of Blues has 32 inspections on record going back to February 19, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| September 14, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| July 24, 2020 | — | |
| November 13, 2019 | Pass | |
| October 30, 2019 | Fail | |
| May 1, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 18, 2018 | Fail | |
| October 18, 2016 | Pass | |
| October 11, 2016 | Fail | |
| February 26, 2016 | — |
House Of Blues vs Fenway
Fenway runs 89% clean across 433 tracked restaurants — 379 clean, 23 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 433 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 11% of them.
Other spots in Fenway
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 November 13, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.