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The Cheese Shop
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 31, 2012
- address20 Fleet St, Boston 02113
Is The Cheese Shop clean?
The Cheese Shop is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 31, 2012. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at The Cheese Shop?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 31, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Keep wiping cloths in sanitizer.Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Keep wiping cloths in sanitizer.
- ⚠️Cross Connection Back Siphonage Backflow • Provide vacuum breaker for hose hookup.Cross Connection Back Siphonage Backflow • Provide vacuum breaker for hose hookup.
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Provide paper towels for restroom.Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Provide paper towels for restroom.
- ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • Provide 2012 Health Permit • Provide Sewe Safe and Food Allergy Certificates.criticalPIC Performing Duties • Provide 2012 Health Permit • Provide Sewe Safe and Food Allergy Certificates.
When was The Cheese Shop last inspected?
The Cheese Shop has 8 inspections on record going back to July 24, 2009.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| January 31, 2012 | Fail | |
| September 21, 2011 | Pass | |
| September 15, 2010 | Pass | |
| March 3, 2010 | — | |
| February 24, 2010 | Fail | |
| August 18, 2009 | Pass | |
| July 24, 2009 | Pass |
The Cheese Shop vs North End
North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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 January 31, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.