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Kingston Station
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 17, 2016
- address23 Kingston St, Boston 02111
Is Kingston Station clean?
Kingston Station is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 17, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Kingston Station?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 17, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cold Holding • Tuna loins @ 55f-60f ensure proper cold hold of 41f or below (kitchen staff discarded unsafe foods at time of inspection voluntarily (3 loins about 4-6 oz )).criticalCold Holding • Tuna loins @ 55f-60f ensure proper cold hold of 41f or below (kitchen staff discarded unsafe foods at time of inspection voluntarily (3 loins about 4-6 oz )).
- ⚠️Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • walk-in cooler running @ 50f repair to operate at 4f or belowInadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • walk-in cooler running @ 50f repair to operate at 4f or below
- ⚠️Number Convenient • hand sink for ware washing and cooking line not operating repair to properly wash nahdscriticalNumber Convenient • hand sink for ware washing and cooking line not operating repair to properly wash nahds
- ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • Management not performing duties per consumer advisories or maintaining proper cold hold temperaturescriticalPIC Performing Duties • Management not performing duties per consumer advisories or maintaining proper cold hold temperatures
- ⚠️Consumer Advisories • no consumer advisory on menu or asterisks on menu items to denote raw or undercooked items supply on all menuscriticalConsumer Advisories • no consumer advisory on menu or asterisks on menu items to denote raw or undercooked items supply on all menus
When was Kingston Station last inspected?
Kingston Station has 25 inspections on record going back to April 20, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| August 17, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 11, 2016 | Fail | |
| December 18, 2014 | Pass | |
| December 10, 2014 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| March 11, 2013 | Pass | |
| March 6, 2013 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| September 4, 2012 | — | |
| May 23, 2012 | — | |
| October 14, 2011 | — |
Kingston Station vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 11% of them.
Other spots in Downtown
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 August 17, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.