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Liberty Bell
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 18, 2014
- address170 W Broadway, South Boston 02127
Is Liberty Bell clean?
Liberty Bell is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 18, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Liberty Bell?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 18, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • remove ice buildup from white coffin freezer in basemnentNon-Food Contact Surfaces • remove ice buildup from white coffin freezer in basemnent
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean SanitizeWiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean all cooking equipmentNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean all cooking equipment
- ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed • clean floor area throughout the kitchen.Floors Designed Constructed Installed • clean floor area throughout the kitchen.
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • remove all unecessary items from dtorage in basementPremises Maintained • remove all unecessary items from dtorage in basement
When was Liberty Bell last inspected?
Liberty Bell has 18 inspections on record going back to April 23, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| March 18, 2014 | Pass | |
| March 4, 2014 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| March 7, 2013 | Pass | |
| February 20, 2013 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| August 28, 2012 | Pass | |
| July 26, 2012 | Fail | |
| October 13, 2011 | Pass | |
| September 30, 2010 | Pass | |
| September 9, 2010 | Fail |
Liberty Bell vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 85% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 22 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 March 18, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.