• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 30, 2018 →
• address0 David G Mugar Wy, Boston 02116

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Is The Charles River Bistro clean?

The Charles River Bistro is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 30, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at The Charles River Bistro?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 30, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
• ⚠️Rooms and Equipment Vented

The Charles River Bistro inspection and administrative history

The Charles River Bistro has 16 inspections on record going back to June 21, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 3 of these 8 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

The Charles River Bistro vs Beacon Hill

Beacon Hill runs 90% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 129 clean, 7 mid, 7 cooked.

Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in Beacon Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 8% of them.

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• ✕ Pressed
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• ✓ On Track Cafe
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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 30, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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