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Panera Bread
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 1, 2026
- address289 Huntington Av, Boston 02115
Is Panera Bread clean?
Panera Bread is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 1, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Panera Bread?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Wash Solution Temperature (Pf) • Wash temperature on low temp machine 91 FMechanical Warewashing Equipment Wash Solution Temperature (Pf) • Wash temperature on low temp machine 91 F
- ⚠️Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Storing boxes from food delivers in rear of establishment of establishment - UncontainedMaintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Storing boxes from food delivers in rear of establishment of establishment - Uncontained
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Boxes in stairwayMaintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Boxes in stairway
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Ceiling tiles loose in seating area Low temp dish machine not rinsing soap - PIC contacted the dishwashing company and are using the 3 bay sink Splash guard missing from hand sink on the side of sink - Ware washingRepairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Ceiling tiles loose in seating area Low temp dish machine not rinsing soap - PIC contacted the dishwashing company and are using the 3 bay sink Splash guard missing from hand sink on the side of sink - Ware washing
- ⚠️•Inspection Signage: Food establishments required to post a conspicuous sign which tells customers that a copy of last inspection report is available upon request.•Inspection Signage: Food establishments required to post a conspicuous sign which tells customers that a copy of last inspection report is available upon request.
When was Panera Bread last inspected?
Panera Bread has 34 inspections on record going back to January 15, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 1, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 5, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 12, 2024 | — | |
| May 8, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 18, 2024 | — | |
| November 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 25, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 18, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 6, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 13, 2022 | — |
Panera Bread vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, 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 June 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.