The Next Place Llc

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 16, 2026
• address262 Friend St, Boston 02114

Is The Next Place Llc clean?

The Next Place Llc is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 16, 2026. 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 Next Place Llc?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • Provide CFPM and Allergen certificate for the PIC
  (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • Provide CFPM and Allergen certificate for the PIC
• ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Provide a seperation between the hand sink and the consumable ice bin at the bar to prevent contamination from washing hands
  Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Provide a seperation between the hand sink and the consumable ice bin at the bar to prevent contamination from washing hands
• ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Observed Pasts sauce recorded-107F/Cheese sauce-97F stored in the hot holding unit about half hour ago.Retrain staff to reheat product at 165F and hot hold at 135F minimum.critical
  (A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Observed Pasts sauce recorded-107F/Cheese sauce-97F stored in the hot holding unit about half hour ago.Retrain staff to reheat product at 165F and hot hold at 135F minimum.
• ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Remove all draining pipes from the hand sink at all bars
  Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Remove all draining pipes from the hand sink at all bars
• ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Provide drain plugs for the 3 bay sink
  System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Provide drain plugs for the 3 bay sink
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Provide smooth cleanable floor in the dry storage room on the 1st floor. Repair all missing floor tiles on 1st floor/3rd floor and 4th floor
  Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Provide smooth cleanable floor in the dry storage room on the 1st floor. Repair all missing floor tiles on 1st floor/3rd floor and 4th floor
• ⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C) • Provide door sweeps at the delivery door/front entrance door
  Outer Openings Protected (C) • Provide door sweeps at the delivery door/front entrance door
• ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Provide paper towels on all the hand sink locations
  Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Provide paper towels on all the hand sink locations
• ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • Provide missing hand sink signs at all the hand sink at floors of the bars.
  Handwashing Signage (C) • Provide missing hand sink signs at all the hand sink at floors of the bars.
• ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Remove all the unnecessary items from the room on the 1st floor and elevate all items from the floor.
  Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Remove all the unnecessary items from the room on the 1st floor and elevate all items from the floor.
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Clean and remove all the peeling paint from the walkin refrigerator and provide a smooth cleanable surface. Noted basement floor heavily soiled.Clean with frequency Remove all stagnant water from the beer cooler.
  Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Clean and remove all the peeling paint from the walkin refrigerator and provide a smooth cleanable surface. Noted basement floor heavily soiled.Clean with frequency Remove all stagnant water from the beer cooler.

When was The Next Place Llc last inspected?

The Next Place Llc has 39 inspections on record going back to July 23, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Next Place Llc vs West End

West End runs 90% clean across 247 tracked restaurants — 217 clean, 13 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 247 spots Cooked tracks in West End, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 July 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.