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The Hill Tavern
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 25, 2026
- address228 Cambridge St, Boston 02114
Is The Hill Tavern clean?
The Hill Tavern is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 25, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Hill Tavern?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Observed a water leak coming through the kitchen ceiling near the 3 bay sink. PIC stated they called the landlord. Repair leakFloors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Observed a water leak coming through the kitchen ceiling near the 3 bay sink. PIC stated they called the landlord. Repair leak
When was The Hill Tavern last inspected?
The Hill Tavern has 71 inspections on record going back to January 8, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 25, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 17, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 10, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 17, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 30, 2024 | Fail | |
| December 17, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 21, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 10, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — |
The Hill Tavern vs Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill runs 85% clean across 149 tracked restaurants — 123 clean, 10 mid, 11 cooked.
Against the 149 spots Cooked tracks in Beacon Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 February 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.