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Minibar
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 16, 2018
- address51 Huntington Av, Boston 02116
Is Minibar clean?
Minibar is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 16, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Minibar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 16, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean interior of 3 door reach inNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean interior of 3 door reach in
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • bar/clean handsink/provide paper towels inn dispenserHand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • bar/clean handsink/provide paper towels inn dispenser
When was Minibar last inspected?
Minibar has 18 inspections on record going back to December 16, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| October 16, 2018 | Pass | |
| October 2, 2018 | Fail | |
| November 1, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 18, 2017 | Fail | |
| October 5, 2016 | — | |
| October 7, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 1, 2015 | Fail | |
| October 7, 2014 | Pass | |
| September 30, 2014 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| September 25, 2013 | Pass |
Minibar 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 19% 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 October 16, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.