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Martin's News Shops No. 1
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 27, 2019
- address200 Clarendon St, Boston 02116
Is Martin's News Shops No. 1 clean?
Martin's News Shops No. 1 is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 27, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Martin's News Shops No. 1?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on November 27, 2019. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Martin's News Shops No. 1 last inspected?
Martin's News Shops No. 1 has 21 inspections on record going back to May 2, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| November 27, 2019 | Pass | |
| May 31, 2019 | Pass | |
| June 22, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 6, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 21, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 20, 2015 | — | |
| February 11, 2014 | — | |
| February 4, 2014 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| September 25, 2013 | Pass | |
| December 30, 2012 | — |
Martin's News Shops No. 1 vs Bay Village
Bay Village runs 88% clean across 350 tracked restaurants — 292 clean, 16 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 350 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Village, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 November 27, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.