• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 20, 2026 →
• address1084 Boylston St, Boston 02215

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Is Taco Bell clean?

Taco Bell is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Taco Bell?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Receptacles (C)
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (C)
• ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C)

When was Taco Bell last inspected?

Taco Bell has 8 inspections on record going back to December 18, 2024.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 2 of these 8 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

Taco Bell vs Back Bay

Back Bay runs 81% clean across 505 tracked restaurants — 406 clean, 49 mid, 45 cooked.

Against the 505 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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.

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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 October 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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