Cooked?
Popeyes
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 23, 2019
- address645 Beacon St, Boston 02215
Is Popeyes clean?
Popeyes is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 23, 2019. 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 September 23, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Containers of food items observed stored directly on the floor.Elevate items at least 6 inches off the floor during storage.Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Containers of food items observed stored directly on the floor.Elevate items at least 6 inches off the floor during storage.
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Provide Quats test kit on site. (Quats test kit taken using inspectors test kit)Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Provide Quats test kit on site. (Quats test kit taken using inspectors test kit)
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the interiors of the microwave ovens to remove soils.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the interiors of the microwave ovens to remove soils.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean floors to remove soils & debris Clean with more frequency.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean floors to remove soils & debris Clean with more frequency.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Live roach observed under front check out counter Fruit flies observed in several kitchen/prep locations.PIC to contact pest control company. Provide full pest report upon re-inspectionControlling Pests (Pf) • Live roach observed under front check out counter Fruit flies observed in several kitchen/prep locations.PIC to contact pest control company. Provide full pest report upon re-inspection
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Multiple empty boxes observed in the prep area.Remove/discard all unnecessary empty boxes. Maintain location clean & organized.Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Multiple empty boxes observed in the prep area.Remove/discard all unnecessary empty boxes. Maintain location clean & organized.
When was Popeyes last inspected?
Popeyes has 20 inspections on record going back to November 20, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| September 23, 2019 | Pass | |
| September 16, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 3, 2019 | — | |
| August 22, 2019 | Fail | |
| April 5, 2019 | Pass | |
| March 28, 2019 | Fail | |
| August 24, 2018 | Pass | |
| August 15, 2018 | Fail | |
| March 6, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 21, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| December 18, 2017 | Pass |
Popeyes vs Fenway
Fenway runs 89% clean across 433 tracked restaurants — 379 clean, 23 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 433 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 11% of them.
Other spots in Fenway
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 September 23, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.