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King's/The 88 Club
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 5, 2026
- address50 Dalton St, Boston 02115
Is King's/The 88 Club clean?
King's/The 88 Club is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 5, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at King's/The 88 Club?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • There is a piano bar located inside the establishment called "The 88 Club"-Business signage at the Dalton st entrance is posted as "The 88 Club". A possible DBA addition could be required Violation to be discussed in the ISD Office(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • There is a piano bar located inside the establishment called "The 88 Club"-Business signage at the Dalton st entrance is posted as "The 88 Club". A possible DBA addition could be required Violation to be discussed in the ISD Office
When was King's/The 88 Club last inspected?
King's/The 88 Club has 60 inspections on record going back to May 7, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 5, 2026 | Pass | |
| December 12, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 14, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 14, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 7, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| November 28, 2023 | — | |
| November 21, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| September 26, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 19, 2022 | Fail |
King's/The 88 Club vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.