Cooked?
Sullivan's Tap
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 23, 2026
- 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 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) • Provide smooth cleanable floors in the basement. Noted loose dirt in the basement. Remove to provide access to the far side of the basement wall Ensure all walls in the far side of the basement are properly sealed to prevent pest entry.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Provide smooth cleanable floors in the basement. Noted loose dirt in the basement. Remove to provide access to the far side of the basement wall Ensure all walls in the far side of the basement are properly sealed to prevent pest entry.
When was Sullivan's Tap last inspected?
Sullivan's Tap has 20 inspections on record going back to December 28, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 23, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 21, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 17, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| July 15, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| July 14, 2026 | — | |
| July 7, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 14, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 2, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 27, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| November 30, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — |
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 8% 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 July 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.