• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 28, 2026 →
• address36 First Av, Charlestown 02129

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Is The Anchor clean?

The Anchor is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 28, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at The Anchor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Outside Receptacles (C)

The Anchor inspection and administrative history

The Anchor has 14 inspections on record going back to July 16, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Anchor vs Charlestown

Charlestown runs 95% clean across 194 tracked restaurants — 179 clean, 6 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 194 spots Cooked tracks in Charlestown, this one comes out cleaner than 4% of them.

Other spots in Charlestown

• ✓ Charlestown Cafe
  clean · September 4, 2020
• ✓ Tradesman Charlestown
  clean · July 6, 2026
• ✓ Boston Organics
  clean · May 20, 2025
• ✓ Bunker Hill Knights Of Columbus No. 62
  clean · June 1, 2026
• ✓ Dunkin
  clean · May 15, 2026
• ✕ Peruvian Taste Restaurant
  mid · July 13, 2026

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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 August 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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