Cooked?
Slate
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 7, 2021
- address109 High St, Boston 02110
Is Slate clean?
Slate is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 7, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Slate?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 7, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • The cooking equipment is soiled. Clean to remove (Pass) The hood vent is soiled and overdue for a cleaning. Have the vent cleaned by licensed company. (hood cleaning is scheduled for Monday)Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • The cooking equipment is soiled. Clean to remove (Pass) The hood vent is soiled and overdue for a cleaning. Have the vent cleaned by licensed company. (hood cleaning is scheduled for Monday)
When was Slate last inspected?
Slate has 43 inspections on record going back to April 5, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| April 11, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| December 7, 2021 | Pass | |
| December 1, 2021 | Fail | |
| November 12, 2021 | Fail | |
| November 5, 2021 | Fail | |
| November 5, 2021 | — | |
| June 30, 2021 | Pass | |
| June 23, 2021 | Fail | |
| December 10, 2020 | — | |
| December 3, 2019 | Pass |
Slate vs Downtown
Downtown runs 89% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 851 clean, 49 mid, 61 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 December 7, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.