• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 5, 2012 →
• address300 Chelsea St, East Boston 02129

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Is Tavern On The Water clean?

Tavern On The Water is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 5, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Tavern On The Water?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 5, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Protection
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
• ⚠️Wash Rinse Water Clean Proper Temperature.
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
• ⚠️Soiled Linen Storage

Tavern On The Water inspection and administrative history

Tavern On The Water has 21 inspections on record going back to December 14, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Tavern On The Water vs East Boston

East Boston runs 91% clean across 526 tracked restaurants — 465 clean, 20 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 526 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 September 5, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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