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The Lower Depths
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 14, 2018
- address476 Commonwealth Av, Boston 02215
Is The Lower Depths clean?
The Lower Depths is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 14, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Lower Depths?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 14, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Low temp dish machines(Bar & Kitchen) not reading chlorine.Repair.Maintain chlorine 50PPM or per manufactures instructions. PIC to utilize 3 bay sink until repairs are complete. Wash/rinse temps 120FcriticalFood Contact Surfaces Clean • Low temp dish machines(Bar & Kitchen) not reading chlorine.Repair.Maintain chlorine 50PPM or per manufactures instructions. PIC to utilize 3 bay sink until repairs are complete. Wash/rinse temps 120F
When was The Lower Depths last inspected?
The Lower Depths has 34 inspections on record going back to August 14, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| April 5, 2019 | — | |
| September 14, 2018 | Pass | |
| September 7, 2018 | Fail | |
| April 20, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 6, 2018 | Fail | |
| September 5, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 28, 2017 | Fail | |
| December 9, 2016 | — | |
| November 18, 2016 | — | |
| November 17, 2016 | Fail | |
| October 13, 2015 | Pass |
The Lower Depths vs Fenway
Fenway runs 89% clean across 433 tracked restaurants — 379 clean, 23 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 433 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 11% of them.
Other spots in Fenway
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 September 14, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.