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Layla's American Tavern
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 13, 2026
- address332 W Broadway, South Boston 02127
Is Layla's American Tavern clean?
Layla's American Tavern is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 13, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Layla's American Tavern?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention Air Gap (P) • No air gap at prep sink supply plumbers report with findings and work completed.criticalBackflow Prevention Air Gap (P) • No air gap at prep sink supply plumbers report with findings and work completed.
When was Layla's American Tavern last inspected?
Layla's American Tavern has 12 inspections on record going back to August 10, 2023.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 23, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 9, 2026 | Fail | |
| August 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 26, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 19, 2025 | Fail | |
| September 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 4, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 14, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 6, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| August 10, 2023 | Pass |
Layla's American Tavern vs South Boston Waterfront
South Boston Waterfront runs 91% clean across 391 tracked restaurants — 326 clean, 14 mid, 20 cooked.
Against the 391 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston Waterfront, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.