Stop & Shop is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 14, 2009. 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 Stop & Shop?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 14, 2009, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Installed and Maintained • Increase the temperature of the hot water at Meat Room Hand Sink to at least 110° F.
Installed and Maintained • Increase the temperature of the hot water at Meat Room Hand Sink to at least 110° F.
⚠️Location Accessible • The Hand Sink in the Meat Room is not working properly. It is not accessible for hand washing.critical
Location Accessible • The Hand Sink in the Meat Room is not working properly. It is not accessible for hand washing.
⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Floor drains in Produce Back Room needs to be kept covered and a better system of disposing of dirty has to be developed. • Floors in Back Rooms need to be cleaned. • Floors throughout the retail store Back Rooms Meat aioli Storage and Walk In's -This violation well be corrected in the new store.
Improper Maintenance of Floors • Floor drains in Produce Back Room needs to be kept covered and a better system of disposing of dirty has to be developed. • Floors in Back Rooms need to be cleaned. • Floors throughout the retail store Back Rooms Meat aioli Storage and Walk In's -This violation well be corrected in the new store.
⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Soiled ceilings Files need to be cleaned or replaced. Walls throughout store need cleaning or painting. this violation will be Corrected by the new store • Storage Area needs new shelving storage plan and cleaned.
Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Soiled ceilings Files need to be cleaned or replaced. Walls throughout store need cleaning or painting. this violation will be Corrected by the new store • Storage Area needs new shelving storage plan and cleaned.
When was Stop & Shop last inspected?
Stop & Shop has 15 inspections on record going back to August 15, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
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 October 14, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.