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L'espalier
- resultFail
- critical violations2
- last inspectedSeptember 27, 2018
- address772 Boylston St, Boston 02199
Is L'espalier clean?
L'espalier is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 27, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at L'espalier?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 27, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cold Holding • rice 61 degrees/provide proper temperature of 41degrees or belowcriticalCold Holding • rice 61 degrees/provide proper temperature of 41degrees or below
- ⚠️Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • repair/replace all non working reach in units to operate at 41 degrees or below repair blast chillerInadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • repair/replace all non working reach in units to operate at 41 degrees or below repair blast chiller
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • resurface worn white cutting boardsFood Contact Surfaces Design • resurface worn white cutting boards
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • remove cell phones from food service shelvingNon-Food Contact Surfaces • remove cell phones from food service shelving
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • bar/3 door reach in/provide internal thermometer 2 dishmachines/repair wash and rinse gauges • provide accurate internal thermometer to walk inEquipment Thermometers • bar/3 door reach in/provide internal thermometer 2 dishmachines/repair wash and rinse gauges • provide accurate internal thermometer to walk in
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • handicap restroom/repair faucet to provide stronger water pressureInstalled and Maintained • handicap restroom/repair faucet to provide stronger water pressure
- ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • remove vacuum packaging machine/or provide haccp plancriticalPIC Performing Duties • remove vacuum packaging machine/or provide haccp plan
When was L'espalier last inspected?
L'espalier has 49 inspections on record going back to September 12, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| October 3, 2018 | — | |
| September 27, 2018 | Fail | |
| April 26, 2018 | — | |
| April 19, 2018 | Fail | |
| October 13, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 6, 2017 | Fail | |
| September 21, 2017 | Fail | |
| March 16, 2017 | — | |
| March 3, 2017 | Fail | |
| February 26, 2016 | Pass | |
| February 19, 2016 | Fail |
L'espalier 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 4% 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 September 27, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.