Cooked?Tall Ship Restaurant (Hot Cocoa Hut)
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 15, 2026 →
- address1 East Pier Dr, East Boston 02128
Is Tall Ship Restaurant (Hot Cocoa Hut) clean?
Tall Ship Restaurant (Hot Cocoa Hut) is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 15, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Tall Ship Restaurant (Hot Cocoa Hut)?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C)
- ⚠️Handwashing Sinks-Numbers and Capacities (Pf)
When was Tall Ship Restaurant (Hot Cocoa Hut) last inspected?
Tall Ship Restaurant (Hot Cocoa Hut) has 1 inspection on record going back to January 15, 2026.
January 15, 2026 Fail
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View full inspection →Tall Ship Restaurant (Hot Cocoa Hut) vs North End
North End runs 91% clean across 698 tracked restaurants — 578 clean, 33 mid, 26 cooked.
Against the 698 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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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Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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