Subway

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 4, 2008
• address981 Tremont, Boston 02120

Is Subway clean?

Subway is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 4, 2008. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — 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 April 4, 2008, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Spoilage Unsafe Food • 1 door reach in/remove outdated dannon yogurtcritical
  Spoilage Unsafe Food • 1 door reach in/remove outdated dannon yogurt
• ⚠️Food Container Labels • properly label all bulk food bins
  Food Container Labels • properly label all bulk food bins
• ⚠️Food Protection • prep sink/remove pots from sink and label food prep only rear room/properly store all paper products 6 inches off floor
  Food Protection • prep sink/remove pots from sink and label food prep only rear room/properly store all paper products 6 inches off floor
• ⚠️Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • provide proper hair restraints for all staff
  Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • provide proper hair restraints for all staff
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • remove all sponges from store provide sanitizing solution at front counter
  Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • remove all sponges from store provide sanitizing solution at front counter
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • soda station/clean dust from tops of all units
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • soda station/clean dust from tops of all units
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained • 3 bay/repair faucet handle to provide hot and cold water
  Installed and Maintained • 3 bay/repair faucet handle to provide hot and cold water
• ⚠️Location Accessible • rear handsink/do not store items in sinkcritical
  Location Accessible • rear handsink/do not store items in sink
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • restroom/provide toilet paper in dispenser front handsink/provide proper employee must wash hands signage rear handsink/provide functional soap and towel dispenser
  Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • restroom/provide toilet paper in dispenser front handsink/provide proper employee must wash hands signage rear handsink/provide functional soap and towel dispenser
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • rear door/replace missing floor tile and remove old boxes
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • rear door/replace missing floor tile and remove old boxes
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • restroom/replace stained ceiling tiles rear room/clean dust from ceiling tiles walk in/clean dust from interior walk in vent
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • restroom/replace stained ceiling tiles rear room/clean dust from ceiling tiles walk in/clean dust from interior walk in vent
• ⚠️Inadequate Lighting • rear room/replace all burnt out lights
  Inadequate Lighting • rear room/replace all burnt out lights
• ⚠️Living/Sleeping Quaters/Laundry • rear room/provide proper storage of all employee clothing
  Living/Sleeping Quaters/Laundry • rear room/provide proper storage of all employee clothing

When was Subway last inspected?

Subway has 3 inspections on record going back to November 30, 2007.

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 2% of them.

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• ✓ Food Basket
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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 April 4, 2008. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.