• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedFebruary 22, 2019 →
• address120 Charles St, Boston 02114

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Is Pressed Boston clean?

Pressed Boston is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 22, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Pressed Boston?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 22, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Labeling of Ingredientscritical
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
• ⚠️Premises Maintained
• ⚠️PIC Performing Dutiescritical

Pressed Boston inspection and administrative history

Pressed Boston has 9 inspections on record going back to April 9, 2018.

Pressed Boston vs Beacon Hill

Beacon Hill runs 87% clean across 147 tracked restaurants — 123 clean, 9 mid, 10 cooked.

Against the 147 spots Cooked tracks in Beacon Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated February 22, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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