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The Hopewell Bar & Kitchen
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 22, 2025
- address1277 Commonwealth Av, Allston 02134
Is The Hopewell Bar & Kitchen clean?
The Hopewell Bar & Kitchen is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 22, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Hopewell Bar & Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • Priority violations noted on inspection report- Properly monitor warewashing - Review with staff(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • Priority violations noted on inspection report- Properly monitor warewashing - Review with staff
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No test kit available for quats sanitizer- ProvideSanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No test kit available for quats sanitizer- Provide
- ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Chlorine sanitizer in the low temperature machine in the kitchen and at the bar are both testing at 0ppm Repair call has been made during the inspection Establishmnet shall use disposible tableware until repairs are made-criticalManual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Chlorine sanitizer in the low temperature machine in the kitchen and at the bar are both testing at 0ppm Repair call has been made during the inspection Establishmnet shall use disposible tableware until repairs are made-
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Floors under and behind equipment with soils and debris- Clean properlyNonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Floors under and behind equipment with soils and debris- Clean properly
- ⚠️Storing Maintenance Tools (C) • Brooms and mop stored at the cookline- Store properlyStoring Maintenance Tools (C) • Brooms and mop stored at the cookline- Store properly
When was The Hopewell Bar & Kitchen last inspected?
The Hopewell Bar & Kitchen has 29 inspections on record going back to August 8, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 14, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 10, 2025 | — | |
| March 3, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 28, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 18, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| June 13, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 6, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| August 18, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 10, 2022 | Fail |
The Hopewell Bar & Kitchen vs Allston
Allston runs 88% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 415 clean, 35 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 August 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.