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Intermission Tavern
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 23, 2018
- address228 Tremont St, Boston 02116
Is Intermission Tavern clean?
Intermission Tavern is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 23, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Intermission Tavern?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 23, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Adequate Handwashing/Where/When/How • hand sink blocked not able to wash hands ensure proper hand washcriticalAdequate Handwashing/Where/When/How • hand sink blocked not able to wash hands ensure proper hand wash
- ⚠️Test Kit Provided • No test kit to test chlroine in low temperature glass machine @ bar suppliedTest Kit Provided • No test kit to test chlroine in low temperature glass machine @ bar supplied
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Exterior of flour and sugar bins in basement with soils clean to removeNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Exterior of flour and sugar bins in basement with soils clean to remove
- ⚠️Location Accessible • Hand sink blocked in kitchen by equipment remove to allow access to properly wash hands.criticalLocation Accessible • Hand sink blocked in kitchen by equipment remove to allow access to properly wash hands.
When was Intermission Tavern last inspected?
Intermission Tavern has 38 inspections on record going back to April 19, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| January 23, 2018 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2018 | Fail | |
| July 31, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 3, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 16, 2017 | Fail | |
| August 18, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 8, 2016 | Fail | |
| September 1, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 21, 2015 | — | |
| August 11, 2015 | Fail | |
| November 7, 2014 | Pass |
Intermission Tavern vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 85% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 22 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, 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 January 23, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.