James's Gate

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 4, 2015
• address5 Mcbride St, Jamaica Plain 02130

Is James's Gate clean?

James's Gate is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 4, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at James's Gate?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 4, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean interior and spouts on all soda guns through-out both bars and waitress station
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean interior and spouts on all soda guns through-out both bars and waitress station
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean top of broiler clean between and all sides of all cooking equipment through-out clean all shelves through-out produce walk-in
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean top of broiler clean between and all sides of all cooking equipment through-out clean all shelves through-out produce walk-in
• ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed • defrost and repair walk-in freezer floor
  Floors Designed Constructed Installed • defrost and repair walk-in freezer floor
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • clean floor under behind and between all equipment and shelves through-out all prep areas all cooking areas warewashing area basement area wine room and beer walk-in
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • clean floor under behind and between all equipment and shelves through-out all prep areas all cooking areas warewashing area basement area wine room and beer walk-in
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • clean rear screen door clean all copper piping through-out all cooking/prep areas and warewashing area
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • clean rear screen door clean all copper piping through-out all cooking/prep areas and warewashing area
• ⚠️Premises Maintained • clean areas through-out parking lot and behind both sheds and dumpster remove all un-necessary articles from through-out basement area
  Premises Maintained • clean areas through-out parking lot and behind both sheds and dumpster remove all un-necessary articles from through-out basement area

When was James's Gate last inspected?

James's Gate has 34 inspections on record going back to May 2, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

James's Gate vs Jamaica Plain

Jamaica Plain runs 77% clean across 189 tracked restaurants — 139 clean, 22 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 189 spots Cooked tracks in Jamaica Plain, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 June 4, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.