Rockwood Music Hall

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 2, 2024
• address88 Van Ness St, Boston 02215

Is Rockwood Music Hall clean?

Rockwood Music Hall is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 2, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Rockwood Music Hall?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 2, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No clean-up kit on site. Procedures provided.
  Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No clean-up kit on site. Procedures provided.
• ⚠️(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • No certified person on staff. Provide certification if necessary for menu
  (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • No certified person on staff. Provide certification if necessary for menu
• ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No test strips for quats sanitizer. Provide test strips
  Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No test strips for quats sanitizer. Provide test strips
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior of ice machine with pink mold-like substance. Clean and maintain.
  (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior of ice machine with pink mold-like substance. Clean and maintain.
• ⚠️8-301.11 Operating without a permit. Contact [email protected] to complete permit application.
  8-301.11 Operating without a permit. Contact [email protected] to complete permit application.

When was Rockwood Music Hall last inspected?

Rockwood Music Hall has 3 inspections on record going back to February 1, 2024.

Rockwood Music Hall 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 12% 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 2, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.