• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 12, 2021 →
• address42 Batterymarch St, Boston 02109

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Is Joshua's Deli clean?

Joshua's Deli is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 12, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Joshua's Deli?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 12, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf)

Joshua's Deli inspection and administrative history

Joshua's Deli has 39 inspections on record going back to May 15, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Joshua's Deli vs Downtown

Downtown runs 92% clean across 993 tracked restaurants — 859 clean, 47 mid, 32 cooked.

Against the 993 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 12, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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