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Sam Adams Tap Room
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 6, 2026
- address60 State St, Boston 02109
Is Sam Adams Tap Room clean?
Sam Adams Tap Room is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 6, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Sam Adams Tap Room?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Provide a seperation at the hand sink at the bar on the main level to prevent contamination from washing hands.Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Provide a seperation at the hand sink at the bar on the main level to prevent contamination from washing hands.
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • Provide irreversible thermometer for the high temp dish machine inthe kitchen.Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • Provide irreversible thermometer for the high temp dish machine inthe kitchen.
- ⚠️Prohibitions (C) • Noted several dry food items and single use items stored in the mechanical room.RemoveProhibitions (C) • Noted several dry food items and single use items stored in the mechanical room.Remove
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Remove all the clutter in and around the hand sink on the cookline to provide easy access for staff to wash hands.Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Remove all the clutter in and around the hand sink on the cookline to provide easy access for staff to wash hands.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Noted mice droppings in the Room 84 and the mecahical room.Clean with frequency and provide current detail pest report. Noted fruit flies at the main bar area.Provide detail pest report.Controlling Pests (Pf) • Noted mice droppings in the Room 84 and the mecahical room.Clean with frequency and provide current detail pest report. Noted fruit flies at the main bar area.Provide detail pest report.
- ⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Noted food debris under and on the side of the equipment at the main level bar.Clean Noted sticky residue under the beer holding tanks at the main bar.Clean to prevent fruit fly issue. Noted visible dust on the ceiling at the cook line.Clean with frequencyCleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Noted food debris under and on the side of the equipment at the main level bar.Clean Noted sticky residue under the beer holding tanks at the main bar.Clean to prevent fruit fly issue. Noted visible dust on the ceiling at the cook line.Clean with frequency
When was Sam Adams Tap Room last inspected?
Sam Adams Tap Room has 13 inspections on record going back to January 21, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 29, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 23, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 22, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| February 10, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 29, 2020 | Pass |
Sam Adams Tap Room vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, 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 May 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.