• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 13, 2012 →
• address57 Canal St, Boston 02114

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Is The Grand Canal clean?

The Grand Canal is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 13, 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 Grand Canal?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 13, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities
• ⚠️Inadequate Lighting
• ⚠️Food Protection
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Improper Storage of Re-usable Utensils
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
• ⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals
• ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
• ⚠️Premises Maintained
• ⚠️Consumer Advisoriescritical

The Grand Canal inspection and administrative history

The Grand Canal has 17 inspections on record going back to June 26, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Grand Canal vs North End

North End runs 91% clean across 698 tracked restaurants — 578 clean, 33 mid, 26 cooked.

Against the 698 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 1% of them.

Other spots in North End

• ✕ Bricco Restaurant/Bakery
  mid · August 14, 2026
• ✓ Osteria Rustico
  clean · March 1, 2010
• ✓ Ernestos Pizzeria
  clean · May 16, 2012
• ✓ Goodbar
  clean · August 26, 2013
• ✓ Joe's American Bar & Grill
  clean · December 21, 2010
• ✓ Ristorante Euno
  clean · August 20, 2026

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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 July 13, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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