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Legal Sea Foods
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 29, 2026
- address255 State St, Boston 02110
Is Legal Sea Foods clean?
Legal Sea Foods is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 29, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Legal Sea Foods?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Employee beverage observed on prep table. Removed.Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Employee beverage observed on prep table. Removed.
- ⚠️Cleaning Agents and Sanitizers Availability (Pf) • Detergent in bar area dish washer observed empty. Corrected on site. Ensure detergent is available at all hours.Cleaning Agents and Sanitizers Availability (Pf) • Detergent in bar area dish washer observed empty. Corrected on site. Ensure detergent is available at all hours.
- ⚠️Handwashing Sinks Installation (Pf) • Hand sink at production line at 65F for multiple minutes. Hot water availabe at other locations. Ensure hand sink has at least 100F water.Handwashing Sinks Installation (Pf) • Hand sink at production line at 65F for multiple minutes. Hot water availabe at other locations. Ensure hand sink has at least 100F water.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Pipe coming down frim high temperature dish machine in warewash area has been cut too short from the floor drain resulting in excess water in warewash area floor. Repair as necessary.System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Pipe coming down frim high temperature dish machine in warewash area has been cut too short from the floor drain resulting in excess water in warewash area floor. Repair as necessary.
When was Legal Sea Foods last inspected?
Legal Sea Foods has 20 inspections on record going back to February 24, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 29, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 22, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 14, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 15, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 8, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 15, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 5, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| January 9, 2023 | Pass |
Legal Sea Foods vs North End
North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 April 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.