Tavern In The Square Restaurant (So. Station)

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 20, 2026
• address640 Atlantic Av, Boston 02111

Is Tavern In The Square Restaurant (So. Station) clean?

Tavern In The Square Restaurant (So. Station) is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 20, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Tavern In The Square Restaurant (So. Station)?

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

• ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Adequacy (C) • Flat top griddle in use for hot sandwiches and quesadillas without hood exhaust system or fire supression. Refered to Fire Dept. Discontinue using griddle without Fire Dept. approval.
  Ventilation Hood Systems Adequacy (C) • Flat top griddle in use for hot sandwiches and quesadillas without hood exhaust system or fire supression. Refered to Fire Dept. Discontinue using griddle without Fire Dept. approval.
• ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No chlorine test strips for testing dish machine. Provide chlorine test strips.
  Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No chlorine test strips for testing dish machine. Provide chlorine test strips.
• ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Bar dish machine not testing for chlorine sanitizer. Service as needed. Use disposable cups unitl machine is properly sanitizing.critical
  Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Bar dish machine not testing for chlorine sanitizer. Service as needed. Use disposable cups unitl machine is properly sanitizing.
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior of ice machine with black mold-like substance. Clean and sanitize.
  (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior of ice machine with black mold-like substance. Clean and sanitize.
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils and debris under bar and on floor of walk-in refrigerator. Standing water under ice machine in basement. Clean and sanitize all areas to avoid attracting pests.
  Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils and debris under bar and on floor of walk-in refrigerator. Standing water under ice machine in basement. Clean and sanitize all areas to avoid attracting pests.
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Rat droppings observed in basement. Clean and monitor for activity. Email current pest report to inspector.
  Controlling Pests (Pf) • Rat droppings observed in basement. Clean and monitor for activity. Email current pest report to inspector.

When was Tavern In The Square Restaurant (So. Station) last inspected?

Tavern In The Square Restaurant (So. Station) has 25 inspections on record going back to February 3, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Tavern In The Square Restaurant (So. Station) vs Leather District

Leather District runs 86% clean across 188 tracked restaurants — 149 clean, 11 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 188 spots Cooked tracks in Leather District, this one comes out cleaner than 6% of them.

Other spots in Leather District

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  clean · April 7, 2017
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  clean · May 26, 2021
• ✕ Freshii
  cooked · February 10, 2016
• ✓ Les Zygomates
  clean · November 20, 2019
• ✓ Bella Arianna
  clean · August 28, 2014
• ✓ Savvor Restaurant & Lounge
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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 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.