Tender Greens is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 25, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Tender Greens?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 25, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • provide clean up kit and written procedures
Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • provide clean up kit and written procedures
⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • provide allergen certificate for certified food manager provide up to date logs for tcs foods held for tphc review sop for all foods to be held for a period of time in the danger zone
(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • provide allergen certificate for certified food manager provide up to date logs for tcs foods held for tphc review sop for all foods to be held for a period of time in the danger zone
⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • review sop and logs and food item s approved for tphc
Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • review sop and logs and food item s approved for tphc
⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • low temp testing at 0ppm/provide 50-100ppm/manager will use 3 bay sink
Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • low temp testing at 0ppm/provide 50-100ppm/manager will use 3 bay sink
⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • womens restroom/repair faucet to provide stronger flow of water
System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • womens restroom/repair faucet to provide stronger flow of water
⚠️Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf) • front handsink/provide liquid pump soap
Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf) • front handsink/provide liquid pump soap
⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • front handsink/provide paper towels in dispenser
Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • front handsink/provide paper towels in dispenser
⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • mens restroom/provide employee must wash hands signage
Handwashing Signage (C) • mens restroom/provide employee must wash hands signage
⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • remove items stored in common hallway remove items stored on top of ice machine
Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • remove items stored in common hallway remove items stored on top of ice machine
⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • dishroom/remove mold like substance from walls
Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • dishroom/remove mold like substance from walls
When was Tender Greens last inspected?
Tender Greens has 10 inspections on record going back to December 12, 2018.
date
result
score
March 15, 2022
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February 25, 2020
Pass
February 14, 2020
Fail
December 3, 2019
Pass
November 19, 2019
Fail
June 10, 2019
Pass
June 3, 2019
Fail
February 4, 2019
Pass
January 28, 2019
Fail
December 12, 2018
Pass
Tender Greens vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 19% of them.
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 February 25, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.