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The Banks Seafood & Steak
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 18, 2026
- address406 Stuart St, Boston 02116
Is The Banks Seafood & Steak clean?
The Banks Seafood & Steak is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 18, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Banks Seafood & Steak?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • Batteries dead in irreversible indicator. Replace.Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • Batteries dead in irreversible indicator. Replace.
- ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (Pf) • Quats sanitizer dispenser is dispensing quats sanitizer at 56F. Repair to dispense at greater than or equal to 75F. PIC to manually mix quats sanitizer until dispenser can be repaired.Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (Pf) • Quats sanitizer dispenser is dispensing quats sanitizer at 56F. Repair to dispense at greater than or equal to 75F. PIC to manually mix quats sanitizer until dispenser can be repaired.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Grease and soils and food debri under second floor cookline equipment. Dust and soils on and around HVAC ceiling vent above dish machine on walkin cooler celing. Clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Grease and soils and food debri under second floor cookline equipment. Dust and soils on and around HVAC ceiling vent above dish machine on walkin cooler celing. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Leak under rinse sink at warewashing area. Repair.System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Leak under rinse sink at warewashing area. Repair.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Presence of small flies near ice machine. Provide udpated IPM pest control report upon reinspection. Clean and sanitize all affected areas.Controlling Pests (Pf) • Presence of small flies near ice machine. Provide udpated IPM pest control report upon reinspection. Clean and sanitize all affected areas.
When was The Banks Seafood & Steak last inspected?
The Banks Seafood & Steak has 21 inspections on record going back to July 20, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 11, 2026 | Fail | |
| August 11, 2025 | — | |
| July 31, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 8, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 27, 2024 | — | |
| February 14, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 18, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 13, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 16, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 9, 2023 | Fail |
The Banks Seafood & Steak vs Bay Village
Bay Village runs 88% clean across 350 tracked restaurants — 292 clean, 16 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 350 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Village, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.