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Local Color
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 2, 2018
- address200 State St, Boston 02109
Is Local Color clean?
Local Color is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 2, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Local Color?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on April 2, 2018. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Local Color last inspected?
Local Color has 13 inspections on record going back to November 27, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| April 2, 2018 | Pass | |
| May 4, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 16, 2016 | Pass | |
| June 12, 2014 | Pass | |
| November 4, 2013 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2012 | Pass | |
| April 26, 2011 | Pass | |
| April 27, 2010 | Pass | |
| December 21, 2009 | Pass | |
| June 11, 2009 | Pass | |
| October 23, 2008 | Pass |
Local Color vs North End
North End runs 86% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 564 clean, 35 mid, 57 cooked.
Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 2, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.