• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 15, 2026 →
• address14 Bromfield St, Boston 02108

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Is Sidebar Food & Spirits clean?

Sidebar Food & Spirits is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 15, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Sidebar Food & Spirits?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Backflow Prevention Air Gap (P)critical

When was Sidebar Food & Spirits last inspected?

Sidebar Food & Spirits has 2 inspections on record going back to April 8, 2026.

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 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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