Cooked?
The Playwright
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 1, 2022
- address658 E Broadway, South Boston 02127
Is The Playwright clean?
The Playwright is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 1, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Playwright?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 1, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️CIP Equipment (C) • Clean in between all cooking equipment on the cooking line from visible grease build upCIP Equipment (C) • Clean in between all cooking equipment on the cooking line from visible grease build up
- ⚠️Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C) • Replace missing ceiling tiles where needed throughout the kitchenWall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C) • Replace missing ceiling tiles where needed throughout the kitchen
- ⚠️Walls and Ceilings Studs Joists and Rafters (C) • Several areas of the ceiling rafters are compromised above the three bay sink repairWalls and Ceilings Studs Joists and Rafters (C) • Several areas of the ceiling rafters are compromised above the three bay sink repair
When was The Playwright last inspected?
The Playwright has 50 inspections on record going back to June 20, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| March 1, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 22, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2021 | Fail | |
| February 11, 2021 | Fail | |
| February 4, 2021 | Fail | |
| February 4, 2021 | Fail | |
| August 27, 2020 | — | |
| February 7, 2020 | — | |
| February 5, 2020 | Fail |
The Playwright vs South Boston
South Boston runs 91% clean across 192 tracked restaurants — 163 clean, 9 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 192 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 March 1, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.