Shake Shack

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 30, 2026
• address234 Newbury St, Boston 02116

Is Shake Shack clean?

Shake Shack is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 30, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Shake Shack?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • Both warewashing machines are set up for high temperature sanitizing but the location's irreversible does not turn on; repair or replace the irreversible thermometer. The person in charge states a replacement thermometer was ordered on 4/23/26 but is unsure when it will arrive.
  Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • Both warewashing machines are set up for high temperature sanitizing but the location's irreversible does not turn on; repair or replace the irreversible thermometer. The person in charge states a replacement thermometer was ordered on 4/23/26 but is unsure when it will arrive.
• ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • At the dip wells in front of the milk shake machines the pipes leak onto the floor when the dip wells are in use; repair or replace the pipes.
  System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • At the dip wells in front of the milk shake machines the pipes leak onto the floor when the dip wells are in use; repair or replace the pipes.
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • The metal edge plating on the first floor across from the door that leads to the stairwell to the alleyway is peeling away from the wall and poses a bodily harm risk; repair or replace the metal sheeting.
  Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • The metal edge plating on the first floor across from the door that leads to the stairwell to the alleyway is peeling away from the wall and poses a bodily harm risk; repair or replace the metal sheeting.
• ⚠️Post signage visible to customers stating "A copy of the most recent health inspection is available to view upon request." Post allergen awareness poster in back of houes for staff Post Site Cleanliess License
  Post signage visible to customers stating "A copy of the most recent health inspection is available to view upon request." Post allergen awareness poster in back of houes for staff Post Site Cleanliess License

When was Shake Shack last inspected?

Shake Shack has 38 inspections on record going back to February 26, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Shake Shack vs Back Bay

Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.

Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.