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Martin's News (St. James St.)
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 12, 2019
- address6 St James Av, Boston 02116
Is Martin's News (St. James St.) clean?
Martin's News (St. James St.) is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 12, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Martin's News (St. James St.)?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on November 12, 2019. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Martin's News (St. James St.) last inspected?
Martin's News (St. James St.) has 25 inspections on record going back to January 25, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| November 12, 2019 | Pass | |
| October 3, 2018 | Pass | |
| November 20, 2017 | — | |
| March 7, 2017 | — | |
| October 18, 2016 | Pass | |
| September 21, 2015 | Pass | |
| April 23, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 13, 2014 | Pass | |
| August 5, 2014 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| March 22, 2013 | Pass |
Martin's News (St. James St.) 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 12, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.