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L Street Diner
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 13, 2025
- address108 L St, South Boston 02127
Is L Street Diner clean?
L Street Diner is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 13, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at L Street Diner?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Missing testing device for dishmaching. Provide at all times.Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Missing testing device for dishmaching. Provide at all times.
- ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Observed heavy food soils inside the stand up freezer. Clean to remove(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Observed heavy food soils inside the stand up freezer. Clean to remove
- ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood sticker exp 3/25. Provide proof of maintenance.Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood sticker exp 3/25. Provide proof of maintenance.
When was L Street Diner last inspected?
L Street Diner has 66 inspections on record going back to December 4, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 6, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 21, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2025 | Fail | |
| September 3, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 27, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 22, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 16, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 20, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 6, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 16, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 9, 2023 | Fail |
L Street Diner vs South Boston
South Boston runs 91% clean across 192 tracked restaurants — 163 clean, 9 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 192 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 June 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.