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Subway
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 3, 2018
- address805 Harrison Av, Roxbury 02118
Is Subway clean?
Subway is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 3, 2018. 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 Subway?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 3, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Hot Holding • Meatballs between 117F and 124F. Must be hot held at or above 140F. Reheat to 165F.criticalHot Holding • Meatballs between 117F and 124F. Must be hot held at or above 140F. Reheat to 165F.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Provide a barrier on right side of hand sink in back room. Prep table had fresh bread on it and water from sink coud get splashed on to table. Replace caulking behind three bay sink. Black due to mold.Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Provide a barrier on right side of hand sink in back room. Prep table had fresh bread on it and water from sink coud get splashed on to table. Replace caulking behind three bay sink. Black due to mold.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean green wire shelves in walk in refrigerator.Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean green wire shelves in walk in refrigerator.
- ⚠️Toilet Enclosed Clean • Clean restroom. Visibly soiled.Toilet Enclosed Clean • Clean restroom. Visibly soiled.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean fan covers on condencer in walk in redrigerator.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean fan covers on condencer in walk in redrigerator.
When was Subway last inspected?
Subway has 16 inspections on record going back to June 17, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| January 10, 2018 | — | |
| January 3, 2018 | Fail | |
| July 7, 2017 | — | |
| June 28, 2017 | Fail | |
| February 16, 2017 | — | |
| February 7, 2017 | Fail | |
| July 26, 2016 | Pass | |
| July 19, 2016 | Fail | |
| January 21, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 14, 2016 | Fail | |
| January 8, 2016 | Fail |
Subway vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 January 3, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.