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Johnny Burke Catering & Events
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 3, 2026
- address168 Spring St, West Roxbury 02132
Is Johnny Burke Catering & Events clean?
Johnny Burke Catering & Events is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 3, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Johnny Burke Catering & Events?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Interior of the single door basement freezer with excess frost build-up. Defrost and clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Interior of the single door basement freezer with excess frost build-up. Defrost and clean to remove.
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention Device When Required (P) • At the time of the inspection the preparation sink had no air-gap as required by code. Address and provide the appropriate air gap for the preparation sink.criticalBackflow Prevention Device When Required (P) • At the time of the inspection the preparation sink had no air-gap as required by code. Address and provide the appropriate air gap for the preparation sink.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Evidence of what appears to be rodent droppings observed in the basement storage area. Address clean to remove and provide an up to date pest control report for the re-inspection date.Controlling Pests (Pf) • Evidence of what appears to be rodent droppings observed in the basement storage area. Address clean to remove and provide an up to date pest control report for the re-inspection date.
When was Johnny Burke Catering & Events last inspected?
Johnny Burke Catering & Events has 35 inspections on record going back to March 27, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 3, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 23, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 7, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 31, 2025 | — | |
| May 1, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 15, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 15, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 18, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 10, 2023 | Pass |
Johnny Burke Catering & Events vs West Roxbury
West Roxbury runs 85% clean across 201 tracked restaurants — 163 clean, 13 mid, 16 cooked.
Against the 201 spots Cooked tracks in West Roxbury, 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 April 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.