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The Elephant Walk
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 16, 2026
- address1415 Washington St, Roxbury 02118
Is The Elephant Walk clean?
The Elephant Walk is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 16, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Elephant Walk?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Hot Water Sanitization Temperatures (Pf) • The bar dish machine rinse is reading Error.Repair Disk is reading 141F Maintain rinse 180-194F or per manufactures instructions.Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Hot Water Sanitization Temperatures (Pf) • The bar dish machine rinse is reading Error.Repair Disk is reading 141F Maintain rinse 180-194F or per manufactures instructions.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • There is a pipe leaking under the spray hose drain.RepairSystem Maintained in Good Repair (C) • There is a pipe leaking under the spray hose drain.Repair
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Secure all CO2 tanksMaintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Secure all CO2 tanks
- ⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the floors behind the basement walkin & under the coffee station(dining) to remove soils & debrisCleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the floors behind the basement walkin & under the coffee station(dining) to remove soils & debris
When was The Elephant Walk last inspected?
The Elephant Walk has 26 inspections on record going back to December 16, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 16, 2026 | Pass | |
| July 8, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 20, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 17, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 9, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 2, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| December 13, 2023 | Pass |
The Elephant Walk vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 July 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.