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Legal Harborside
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 29, 2026
- address260 Northern Av, Boston 02210
Is Legal Harborside clean?
Legal Harborside is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 29, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Legal Harborside?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Observed no chlorine test strips available for low temp (bar) dish machine. ProvideSanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Observed no chlorine test strips available for low temp (bar) dish machine. Provide
- ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Observed high temp machine rinse cycle @ 142F with Inspector thermometers. Contact company for services and ensure all gauges are properly working and sanitizing at the required temperatures. Instructed PIC to utilize 3 bay compartment until repaired and obtain battery for high temp thermometerGood Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Observed high temp machine rinse cycle @ 142F with Inspector thermometers. Contact company for services and ensure all gauges are properly working and sanitizing at the required temperatures. Instructed PIC to utilize 3 bay compartment until repaired and obtain battery for high temp thermometer
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed soils inside large ice machine and dusty filters (main kitchen / rooftop); soils / spills inside upright 2 door freezer and walk in freezer (level 2); grease spills underneath fryers (main kitchen). Thoroughly clean all stated equipment throughout stated locations(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed soils inside large ice machine and dusty filters (main kitchen / rooftop); soils / spills inside upright 2 door freezer and walk in freezer (level 2); grease spills underneath fryers (main kitchen). Thoroughly clean all stated equipment throughout stated locations
- ⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C) • Observed vertical gap on exit doors in trash room. Provide a vertical door sweep in order to prevent pest entryOuter Openings Protected (C) • Observed vertical gap on exit doors in trash room. Provide a vertical door sweep in order to prevent pest entry
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (C) • Last report received 11/27/25. Provide updated pest service report for reviewControlling Pests (C) • Last report received 11/27/25. Provide updated pest service report for review
When was Legal Harborside last inspected?
Legal Harborside has 30 inspections on record going back to March 12, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 29, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2026 | Fail | |
| September 17, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 10, 2025 | Fail | |
| September 3, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 15, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 19, 2024 | — | |
| May 21, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 7, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 4, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 17, 2023 | Pass |
Legal Harborside vs South Boston Waterfront
South Boston Waterfront runs 93% clean across 391 tracked restaurants — 333 clean, 15 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 391 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston Waterfront, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.