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Rutherford Shell
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 16, 2017
- address1 Rutherford Av, Charlestown 02129
Is Rutherford Shell clean?
Rutherford Shell is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 16, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Rutherford Shell?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on October 16, 2017. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Rutherford Shell last inspected?
Rutherford Shell has 13 inspections on record going back to April 21, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 20, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| October 16, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 10, 2016 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2015 | Pass | |
| February 20, 2015 | Fail | |
| September 29, 2014 | Pass | |
| September 19, 2014 | Fail | |
| January 24, 2014 | Pass | |
| May 29, 2013 | Pass | |
| November 7, 2012 | Pass | |
| June 25, 2012 | Pass |
Rutherford Shell vs West End
West End runs 90% clean across 247 tracked restaurants — 217 clean, 13 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 247 spots Cooked tracks in West End, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 October 16, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.