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Potato Freaks
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 6, 2019
- address402 W Broadway, South Boston 02127
Is Potato Freaks clean?
Potato Freaks is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 6, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Potato Freaks?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 6, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Protection • Coffin freezer in unfinished basement. Remove.Food Protection • Coffin freezer in unfinished basement. Remove.
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Rodent droppings in basement. Provide updated pest control report. Clean and sanitize all affected areas.Insects Rodents Animals • Rodent droppings in basement. Provide updated pest control report. Clean and sanitize all affected areas.
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • Out of use equipment in corner of kitchen desert mixer. Remove equipment not in use.Premises Maintained • Out of use equipment in corner of kitchen desert mixer. Remove equipment not in use.
- ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • DBA "Potato Freaks" Permit states "Pat's Kitchen" Change DBA at 1010 Massachusetts Avenue 4th Floor health division within 24 hourscriticalPIC Performing Duties • DBA "Potato Freaks" Permit states "Pat's Kitchen" Change DBA at 1010 Massachusetts Avenue 4th Floor health division within 24 hours
When was Potato Freaks last inspected?
Potato Freaks has 32 inspections on record going back to July 12, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| May 23, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| February 6, 2019 | Pass | |
| January 31, 2019 | closed by the city | |
| January 28, 2019 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2019 | Fail | |
| August 24, 2018 | Pass | |
| August 17, 2018 | Fail | |
| October 25, 2017 | — | |
| October 25, 2017 | — | |
| October 13, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 6, 2017 | Fail |
Potato Freaks vs South Boston Waterfront
South Boston Waterfront runs 93% clean across 391 tracked restaurants — 333 clean, 15 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 391 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston Waterfront, 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.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated February 6, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.