• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 18, 2017 →
• address222 Friend St, Boston 02114

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Is The North Star clean?

The North Star is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 18, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The North Star?

No failed findings were recorded. Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division marked 2 code checks as passed on January 18, 2017.

The North Star inspection and administrative history

The North Star has 11 inspections on record going back to April 4, 2012.

The North Star vs West End

West End runs 88% clean across 238 tracked restaurants — 206 clean, 15 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 238 spots Cooked tracks in West End, this one comes out cleaner than 11% of them.

Other spots in West End

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• ✓ Panera Bread No. 1636
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• ✓ Friend Street Cafe
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• ✓ North Station Liquors
  clean · June 13, 2018
• ✓ The Boxer Dba Finch
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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 18, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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