Cooked?North End Lobster Co.
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The current published rating reads cooked. The dated inspection has the receipts.
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 15, 2026 →
- address206 Hanover St, Boston 02113
Is North End Lobster Co. clean?
North End Lobster Co. is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 15, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🚩.
What did inspectors find at North End Lobster Co.?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf)
- ⚠️(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf)
- ⚠️(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C)
- ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf)
- ⚠️Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf)
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)
- ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C)
- ⚠️Cooling (P)critical
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf)
- ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C)
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C)
- ⚠️Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf)
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf)
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf)
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
- ⚠️Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf)
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf)
- ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C)
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C)
- ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C)
- ⚠️Common Name-Working Containers (Pf)
- ⚠️When a HACCP Plan is Required (C)
- ⚠️flagged at inspection
North End Lobster Co. inspection and administrative history
North End Lobster Co. has 2 inspections on record going back to November 5, 2025.
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October 15, 2026 Fail
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This is an administrative record, not a health inspection.
View full inspection →North End Lobster Co. vs North End
North End runs 93% clean across 706 tracked restaurants — 598 clean, 25 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 706 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 October 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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