Simmons College-The Fens

• resultFail
• critical violations4
• last inspectedFebruary 2, 2026
• address300 Fenway, Boston 02115

Is Simmons College-The Fens clean?

Simmons College-The Fens is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 2, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Simmons College-The Fens?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 2, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Display-Preventing Contamination by Consumers (P) • Topping at salad bar not protected from contaminationcritical
  Food Display-Preventing Contamination by Consumers (P) • Topping at salad bar not protected from contamination
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Chicken 107 F (removed by PIC and reheated to 165 F)critical
  (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Chicken 107 F (removed by PIC and reheated to 165 F)
• ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Chicken 47 F 46 F 47 F 76 F 80 F On colding holding units (PIC stated that chicken was made this morning and placed directly on cold holding • Salami 45 F Cut tomatoes 47 F Removed on servicecritical
  (A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Chicken 47 F 46 F 47 F 76 F 80 F On colding holding units (PIC stated that chicken was made this morning and placed directly on cold holding • Salami 45 F Cut tomatoes 47 F Removed on service
• ⚠️Preventing Contamination from Hands (P) • Observed food handler handling grapes with bare hands PIC took corrective action during inspectioncritical
  Preventing Contamination from Hands (P) • Observed food handler handling grapes with bare hands PIC took corrective action during inspection
• ⚠️(A) (B) and (D) Equipment Utensils Linens and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles Storing (C) • Pots pans food containers not invert Food prep/equipment storage
  (A) (B) and (D) Equipment Utensils Linens and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles Storing (C) • Pots pans food containers not invert Food prep/equipment storage
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Built up soils on walls ceilings attachments in Prep/Storage/ware washing/Chemical storage/bathrooms
  Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Built up soils on walls ceilings attachments in Prep/Storage/ware washing/Chemical storage/bathrooms
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Rust on ceiling bracket in Back prep Walls in disrepair in chemical room Ceililng in disrepair (storage room)
  Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Rust on ceiling bracket in Back prep Walls in disrepair in chemical room Ceililng in disrepair (storage room)

When was Simmons College-The Fens last inspected?

Simmons College-The Fens has 74 inspections on record going back to April 28, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Simmons College-The Fens vs Longwood

Longwood runs 78% clean across 203 tracked restaurants — 153 clean, 19 mid, 23 cooked.

Against the 203 spots Cooked tracks in Longwood, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

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• ✓ Beth Israel Deaconess Gift Shop
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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 February 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.