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Potbellies Kitchen
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 1, 2008
- address87 A St, South Boston 02127
Is Potbellies Kitchen clean?
Potbellies Kitchen is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 1, 2008. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Potbellies Kitchen?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on December 1, 2008. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Potbellies Kitchen last inspected?
Potbellies Kitchen has 7 inspections on record going back to July 30, 2007.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| May 2, 2019 | — | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| December 1, 2008 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2008 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2008 | Fail | |
| July 30, 2007 | Pass |
Potbellies Kitchen vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 85% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 22 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 December 1, 2008. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.