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Starbucks Coffee Company
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 15, 2025
- address11 W Broadway, South Boston 02127
Is Starbucks Coffee Company clean?
Starbucks Coffee Company is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 15, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Starbucks Coffee Company?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Observed the handsink blocked by a soiled linen cart. Remove and dc blocking handsinks to allow access at all times.Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Observed the handsink blocked by a soiled linen cart. Remove and dc blocking handsinks to allow access at all times.
- ⚠️Prohibiting Animals (Pf) • Observed a dog inside of store at the time of inspection. Staff did not address the customer to ask proper questions. Retrain staff to address all customers regarding animals in the store. Signage is posted but not visible. Advised to increase the font and or post the signage provided by the inspector.Prohibiting Animals (Pf) • Observed a dog inside of store at the time of inspection. Staff did not address the customer to ask proper questions. Retrain staff to address all customers regarding animals in the store. Signage is posted but not visible. Advised to increase the font and or post the signage provided by the inspector.
- ⚠️Cleaning of Plumbing Fixtures (C) • Heavy Grime build on the handsink fixtures. Clean to removeCleaning of Plumbing Fixtures (C) • Heavy Grime build on the handsink fixtures. Clean to remove
When was Starbucks Coffee Company last inspected?
Starbucks Coffee Company has 30 inspections on record going back to August 8, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 6, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 28, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 28, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 5, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 26, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| May 17, 2023 | — | |
| February 13, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 6, 2023 | Fail | |
| May 31, 2022 | — | |
| May 18, 2022 | Fail |
Starbucks Coffee Company vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 85% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 22 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 May 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.