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L.A. Burdick Chocolate
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 15, 2026
- address224 Clarendon St, Boston 02116
Is L.A. Burdick Chocolate clean?
L.A. Burdick Chocolate is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 15, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at L.A. Burdick Chocolate?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No vomit & diarrhea kit onsite. Provide. Supplies and procedures will be sent over with this report.Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No vomit & diarrhea kit onsite. Provide. Supplies and procedures will be sent over with this report.
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • No thermometer inside the refrigeration unit located on the main floor. Provide thermometer.Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • No thermometer inside the refrigeration unit located on the main floor. Provide thermometer.
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • No temperature measuring device for the high temp dishmachine. Provide irreversable thermometer or 160 thermal strips.Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • No temperature measuring device for the high temp dishmachine. Provide irreversable thermometer or 160 thermal strips.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed mold like substance inside the ice machine. Remove all ice and clean and sanitize the interior of the machine.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed mold like substance inside the ice machine. Remove all ice and clean and sanitize the interior of the machine.
When was L.A. Burdick Chocolate last inspected?
L.A. Burdick Chocolate has 37 inspections on record going back to April 30, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 8, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 16, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 15, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 1, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 23, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| June 26, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 16, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| January 9, 2023 | Pass |
L.A. Burdick Chocolate 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 22% 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 May 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.