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Popeyes
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 28, 2026
- address300 Martin Luther King Jr Bl, Roxbury 02119
Is Popeyes clean?
Popeyes is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 28, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Popeyes?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Multiple Staff working with RTE foods observed without hair restraint . ProvideEffectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Multiple Staff working with RTE foods observed without hair restraint . Provide
- ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Observed staff working the register and placing lids inside the cup for customer. DiscontinueMiscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Observed staff working the register and placing lids inside the cup for customer. Discontinue
- ⚠️Intensity-Lighting (C) • Several light bulbs observed not working.Replace.Intensity-Lighting (C) • Several light bulbs observed not working.Replace.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (C) • Evidence of what appears to be old rodent droppings observed near the cashier station and in mop closet and 1 old dead mice were observed on top of the safe box under the cashier station .remove droppings clean and sanitize affected areas .Address and provide an up to date pest control report for the re-inspectionControlling Pests (C) • Evidence of what appears to be old rodent droppings observed near the cashier station and in mop closet and 1 old dead mice were observed on top of the safe box under the cashier station .remove droppings clean and sanitize affected areas .Address and provide an up to date pest control report for the re-inspection
When was Popeyes last inspected?
Popeyes has 65 inspections on record going back to September 21, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 28, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 21, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 16, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 16, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 23, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 16, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 10, 2024 | — | |
| March 25, 2024 | — | |
| January 24, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 26, 2023 | Fail |
Popeyes vs Roxbury
Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.
Against the 708 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 January 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.