• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 5, 2014 →
• address471 W Broadway, South Boston 02127

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Is The Blackthorn Pub clean?

The Blackthorn Pub is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 5, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Blackthorn Pub?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on May 5, 2014. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

The Blackthorn Pub inspection and administrative history

The Blackthorn Pub has 15 inspections on record going back to May 6, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Blackthorn Pub vs South Boston

South Boston runs 91% clean across 185 tracked restaurants — 157 clean, 8 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 185 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 9% of them.

Other spots in South Boston

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  not rated · December 30, 2012
• ✓ Jamie's Variety
  clean · July 25, 2007
• ✓ Amsterdam Cafe
  clean · July 16, 2012
• ✕ Farragut House
  cooked · August 10, 2010
• ? Manny's
  not rated · December 30, 2012
• ✓ Mullin's Tavern
  clean · December 4, 2008

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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 May 5, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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