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Row 34
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 16, 2026
- address381 Congress St, Boston 02210
Is Row 34 clean?
Row 34 is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 16, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Row 34?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Observed mixing bowls stored on top of food items inside reach in unit @ grill station. Remove and ensure items are not stored with foods to prevent contamination. COSMiscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Observed mixing bowls stored on top of food items inside reach in unit @ grill station. Remove and ensure items are not stored with foods to prevent contamination. COS
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed mold-like substance inside ice chute on large ice machine and filters dusty on both machines. Clean to remove all mold-like substances and dust. Maintain clean(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed mold-like substance inside ice chute on large ice machine and filters dusty on both machines. Clean to remove all mold-like substances and dust. Maintain clean
- ⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C) • Observed gap at exit door from dry storage room. Provide a tight fitting door sweep in order to prevent pest entryOuter Openings Protected (C) • Observed gap at exit door from dry storage room. Provide a tight fitting door sweep in order to prevent pest entry
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Observed no paper towels in handsink @ grill station. Provide and ensure handsinks are fully stocked while operating. COSHand Drying Provision (Pf) • Observed no paper towels in handsink @ grill station. Provide and ensure handsinks are fully stocked while operating. COS
When was Row 34 last inspected?
Row 34 has 31 inspections on record going back to November 27, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 9, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 7, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| July 26, 2023 | — | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| August 4, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| October 6, 2021 | Pass |
Row 34 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 8% 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 April 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.