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The Bittersweet Shoppe On Newbury
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 29, 2026
- address257 Newbury St, Boston 02116
Is The Bittersweet Shoppe On Newbury clean?
The Bittersweet Shoppe On Newbury is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 29, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Bittersweet Shoppe On Newbury?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention (P) • Upon reinspection a text message chain has been presented from a licensed plumber but no work or contract has been presented. Have a licensed plumber pull proper permits and install an air gap at the prep sink.criticalBackflow Prevention (P) • Upon reinspection a text message chain has been presented from a licensed plumber but no work or contract has been presented. Have a licensed plumber pull proper permits and install an air gap at the prep sink.
When was The Bittersweet Shoppe On Newbury last inspected?
The Bittersweet Shoppe On Newbury has 25 inspections on record going back to May 28, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 29, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 8, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 1, 2026 | Fail | |
| August 15, 2025 | — | |
| August 7, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 10, 2025 | — | |
| March 3, 2025 | Fail | |
| September 16, 2024 | — | |
| September 9, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 18, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 11, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 5, 2023 | Pass |
The Bittersweet Shoppe On Newbury vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 June 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.