Cooked?Mother's East Tavern
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 22, 2026 →
- address289 Dorchester St, South Boston 02127
Is Mother's East Tavern clean?
Mother's East Tavern is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 22, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Mother's East Tavern?
No failed findings were recorded. Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division marked 2 code checks as passed on May 22, 2026.
When was Mother's East Tavern last inspected?
Mother's East Tavern has 2 inspections on record going back to April 22, 2026.
May 22, 2026 Pass
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View full inspection →Mother's East Tavern vs South Boston
South Boston runs 91% clean across 185 tracked restaurants — 157 clean, 8 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 185 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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.
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Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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