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Joe's American Bar & Grill
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 21, 2010
- address100 Atlantic Av, Boston 02111
Is Joe's American Bar & Grill clean?
Joe's American Bar & Grill is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 21, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Joe's American Bar & Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 21, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • Provide proper internal temperature to one door refrigerator next to grill unit.Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • Provide proper internal temperature to one door refrigerator next to grill unit.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Properly clean and resurface all stained and scarred cutting boards in kitchen.Food Contact Surfaces Design • Properly clean and resurface all stained and scarred cutting boards in kitchen.
- ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • Provide accurate reading to high temp dishwasher in kitchen. Repair digital temp gauge. Need 180F reading.Dishwashng Facilities • Provide accurate reading to high temp dishwasher in kitchen. Repair digital temp gauge. Need 180F reading.
When was Joe's American Bar & Grill last inspected?
Joe's American Bar & Grill has 13 inspections on record going back to September 5, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| December 21, 2010 | Pass | |
| December 13, 2010 | Fail | |
| April 22, 2010 | Pass | |
| April 15, 2010 | Fail | |
| April 7, 2010 | Fail | |
| June 16, 2009 | — | |
| January 5, 2009 | — | |
| July 22, 2008 | — | |
| January 22, 2008 | — | |
| September 12, 2007 | — |
Joe's American Bar & Grill vs North End
North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 December 21, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.