Cooked?Sam's Southern Food - Lower Level
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 5, 2026 →
- address32 Cambridge St, Charlestown 02129
Is Sam's Southern Food - Lower Level clean?
Sam's Southern Food - Lower Level is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 5, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Sam's Southern Food - Lower Level?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on March 5, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Sam's Southern Food - Lower Level last inspected?
Sam's Southern Food - Lower Level has 1 inspection on record going back to March 5, 2026.
March 5, 2026 Pass
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View full inspection →Sam's Southern Food - Lower Level vs Charlestown
Charlestown runs 95% clean across 194 tracked restaurants — 179 clean, 6 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 194 spots Cooked tracks in Charlestown, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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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Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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