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Sweetgreen
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 25, 2026
- address659 Boylston St, Boston 02116
Is Sweetgreen clean?
Sweetgreen is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 25, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Sweetgreen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Observed water on the floor in the warewash area. 3 bay sink has a leak. Repair the leak at the 3 bay sink. Contact licensed plumber to repair. Remove stagnant water on the floor. PIC stated that the construction company comes in after hours to repair the floor and they remove the sink. Please ensure that the 3 bay sink has been repaired no leak and no stagnant water is on the floor for the next inspection.System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Observed water on the floor in the warewash area. 3 bay sink has a leak. Repair the leak at the 3 bay sink. Contact licensed plumber to repair. Remove stagnant water on the floor. PIC stated that the construction company comes in after hours to repair the floor and they remove the sink. Please ensure that the 3 bay sink has been repaired no leak and no stagnant water is on the floor for the next inspection.
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Observed debris and trash under the dumpster. At the time of the re inspection the trash was being picked up by trash company. Spoke to the PIC on the importance of cleaning in and around the trash area. Please remove trash and debris under the dumpster.Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Observed debris and trash under the dumpster. At the time of the re inspection the trash was being picked up by trash company. Spoke to the PIC on the importance of cleaning in and around the trash area. Please remove trash and debris under the dumpster.
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Observed broken/cracked tiles on the sides of counter and a hole down the other end of the counter that needs to be filled to ensure no rodent activity. Repair to prevent pest entry. Observed a few tiles on the back stairs leading to the trash area that are missing. Repair the tiles. At the time of the re inspection the PIC stated that they are having the warewash area floors being re done. PIC was able to provide documentation and show photos of the process. PIC stated that the construction company comes in after hours to make the repairs.Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Observed broken/cracked tiles on the sides of counter and a hole down the other end of the counter that needs to be filled to ensure no rodent activity. Repair to prevent pest entry. Observed a few tiles on the back stairs leading to the trash area that are missing. Repair the tiles. At the time of the re inspection the PIC stated that they are having the warewash area floors being re done. PIC was able to provide documentation and show photos of the process. PIC stated that the construction company comes in after hours to make the repairs.
When was Sweetgreen last inspected?
Sweetgreen has 75 inspections on record going back to June 20, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 25, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 3, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 26, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 8, 2026 | Pass | |
| November 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 29, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 3, 2025 | — | |
| December 11, 2024 | — | |
| December 4, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 25, 2024 | — | |
| May 2, 2024 | Pass |
Sweetgreen vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% of them.
Other spots in Back Bay
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 June 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.