Sports Depot is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 7, 2009. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Sports Depot?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 7, 2009, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean all shelves through-out stock room in basement area
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean all shelves through-out stock room in basement area
⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • provide soap dispensers and papertowels at both handwash sinks behind bar area
Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • provide soap dispensers and papertowels at both handwash sinks behind bar area
⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • rodent proof exit door by employee's bathrooms
Insects Rodents Animals • rodent proof exit door by employee's bathrooms
⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • clean floor through-out and under all shelves in beer stock room clean floor under and between all equipment and shelves through-out bar area clean area under basement stairs
Improper Maintenance of Floors • clean floor through-out and under all shelves in beer stock room clean floor under and between all equipment and shelves through-out bar area clean area under basement stairs
⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • repair all holes in walls through-out rest.
Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • repair all holes in walls through-out rest.
⚠️Premises Maintained • clean area at delivery door on street side remove all un-used equipment from side and rear of bldg. clean interior of garage and remove all un-necessary articles through-out clean and remove all un-necessary articles from hole in wall area in basement area
Premises Maintained • clean area at delivery door on street side remove all un-used equipment from side and rear of bldg. clean interior of garage and remove all un-necessary articles through-out clean and remove all un-necessary articles from hole in wall area in basement area
When was Sports Depot last inspected?
Sports Depot has 8 inspections on record going back to May 2, 2007.
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 January 7, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.