• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 23, 2026 →
• address168 Canal St, Boston 02114

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Is Sullivan's Tap clean?

Sullivan's Tap is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 23, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Sullivan's Tap?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)

Sullivan's Tap inspection and administrative history

Sullivan's Tap has 20 inspections on record going back to December 28, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Sullivan's Tap vs West End

West End runs 88% clean across 238 tracked restaurants — 206 clean, 15 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 238 spots Cooked tracks in West End, this one comes out cleaner than 9% of them.

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• ✓ Slo Poke
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• ✓ Citizenm Hotel
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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated July 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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