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Shake Shack
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 22, 2026
- address77 Seaport Bl, Boston 02210
Is Shake Shack clean?
Shake Shack is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 22, 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 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Observed food spills / debris underneath fryers and inside sinlge door freezer unit @ cook lines. Clean with frequency to remove all grease build up and food debris(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Observed food spills / debris underneath fryers and inside sinlge door freezer unit @ cook lines. Clean with frequency to remove all grease build up and food debris
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Observed handsink @ prep area and beverage station without paper towels. Discussed with PIC to monitor and ensure paper towels are maintained at all times of operations. COSHand Drying Provision (Pf) • Observed handsink @ prep area and beverage station without paper towels. Discussed with PIC to monitor and ensure paper towels are maintained at all times of operations. COS
When was Shake Shack last inspected?
Shake Shack has 51 inspections on record going back to August 4, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 22, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 14, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 26, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 18, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 20, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 6, 2025 | — | |
| July 31, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 30, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 8, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 3, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 26, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 19, 2025 | Pass |
Shake Shack 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 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.