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Subway
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 24, 2020
- address334 Massachusetts Av, Boston 02115
Is Subway clean?
Subway is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 24, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Subway?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 24, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Employee observed missing a proper hair restraint.Provide.Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Employee observed missing a proper hair restraint.Provide.
- ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • Provide vomit/diarrhea clean up kit on site.Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • Provide vomit/diarrhea clean up kit on site.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Upon inspection there was no sanitizer set up at the work/prep locations.Provide proper sanitizer solution with wiping cloths at all work/prep locations. PIC correctingWiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Upon inspection there was no sanitizer set up at the work/prep locations.Provide proper sanitizer solution with wiping cloths at all work/prep locations. PIC correcting
- ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Clean rear service counter & drain area around soda machine to remove soils.(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Clean rear service counter & drain area around soda machine to remove soils.
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Provide paper towels at the counter handwash station. PIC correctingHand Drying Provision (Pf) • Provide paper towels at the counter handwash station. PIC correcting
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (C) • Fruit fly activity observed at the counter out of service soda machine & mop sink location.Provide full pest report upon re-inspection.Controlling Pests (C) • Fruit fly activity observed at the counter out of service soda machine & mop sink location.Provide full pest report upon re-inspection.
- ⚠️Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C) • Clean walls at rear prep location to remove built up soils.Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C) • Clean walls at rear prep location to remove built up soils.
When was Subway last inspected?
Subway has 15 inspections on record going back to February 15, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| September 24, 2020 | Pass | |
| September 14, 2020 | Fail | |
| February 5, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 28, 2020 | Fail | |
| January 23, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 16, 2020 | Fail | |
| January 9, 2020 | Fail | |
| June 19, 2019 | Pass | |
| January 14, 2019 | Pass | |
| January 7, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 11, 2018 | Pass |
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 19% 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 September 24, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.