Cooked?
Sullivan's Tap
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 26, 2018
- address168 Canal St, Boston 02114
Is Sullivan's Tap clean?
Sullivan's Tap is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 26, 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 Sullivan's Tap?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 26, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Location Accessible • No designated hand sink . Designated one sink for handwashing only.criticalLocation Accessible • No designated hand sink . Designated one sink for handwashing only.
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No signage no soap or paper towel for hand sink. Provide for proper hand washing.Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No signage no soap or paper towel for hand sink. Provide for proper hand washing.
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Large amount of fruit flies at bar area. Provide professional pest service and provide report.Insects Rodents Animals • Large amount of fruit flies at bar area. Provide professional pest service and provide report.
When was Sullivan's Tap last inspected?
Sullivan's Tap has 31 inspections on record going back to October 8, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| November 26, 2018 | Fail | |
| April 18, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 12, 2018 | Fail | |
| July 28, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 21, 2017 | Fail | |
| December 5, 2016 | Pass | |
| June 2, 2016 | — | |
| May 26, 2016 | Fail | |
| September 28, 2015 | Pass | |
| March 17, 2015 | — |
Sullivan's Tap vs West End
West End runs 90% clean across 247 tracked restaurants — 217 clean, 13 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 247 spots Cooked tracks in West End, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 November 26, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.