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The Irving @ The Lenox
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 5, 2026
- address61 Exeter St, Boston 02199
Is The Irving @ The Lenox clean?
The Irving @ The Lenox is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 5, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Irving @ The Lenox?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (C) • . Provide updated IPM pest control report upon re inspection for fruit flies previously cited. Areas in question have been thoroughly cleaned and no fruit flies evident upon re inspection. Ultra Fast had to cancel requested visit due to snow storm will be back on site by 1/30/26.Controlling Pests (C) • . Provide updated IPM pest control report upon re inspection for fruit flies previously cited. Areas in question have been thoroughly cleaned and no fruit flies evident upon re inspection. Ultra Fast had to cancel requested visit due to snow storm will be back on site by 1/30/26.
When was The Irving @ The Lenox last inspected?
The Irving @ The Lenox has 5 inspections on record going back to November 1, 2024.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 5, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 29, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 22, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 10, 2025 | — | |
| November 1, 2024 | Pass |
The Irving @ The Lenox vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, 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 February 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.