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The Popover Lady
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 2, 2026
- address100 Hanover St, Boston 02108
Is The Popover Lady clean?
The Popover Lady is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 2, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Popover Lady?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 2, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • Violatios noted on the inspection report. CFPM to provide active managerial controls and train staff on violations noted on the inspection report.(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • Violatios noted on the inspection report. CFPM to provide active managerial controls and train staff on violations noted on the inspection report.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Prepped foods stored in cold unit observed without date marking. Provide made/discard date before storing.Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Prepped foods stored in cold unit observed without date marking. Provide made/discard date before storing.
- ⚠️Sponges Use Limitation (C) • Facility uses yellow sponge for warewashing. DiscontinueSponges Use Limitation (C) • Facility uses yellow sponge for warewashing. Discontinue
- ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Sanitzer at 3 bay sink observed reading 00ppm . Set up according to regulation. (cos)criticalManual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Sanitzer at 3 bay sink observed reading 00ppm . Set up according to regulation. (cos)
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior of 3 bay sink observed soiled with black substance build up. interior of double door cold unit observed soiled with visible food spills interior of upright freezer unit observed with ice build up interior of multiple baking unit observed soiled with carbon build up. Clean & sanitze to remove(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior of 3 bay sink observed soiled with black substance build up. interior of double door cold unit observed soiled with visible food spills interior of upright freezer unit observed with ice build up interior of multiple baking unit observed soiled with carbon build up. Clean & sanitze to remove
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Facility main handsink observed blocked by bulk storage bin. Discontinue & maintain accessible at all time to prevent contaminations by hand. (cos)Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Facility main handsink observed blocked by bulk storage bin. Discontinue & maintain accessible at all time to prevent contaminations by hand. (cos)
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Floor throughout the facility observed in need of deep cleaning from visible food spills loose debris. Clean to remove.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Floor throughout the facility observed in need of deep cleaning from visible food spills loose debris. Clean to remove.
When was The Popover Lady last inspected?
The Popover Lady has 26 inspections on record going back to January 19, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 2, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 24, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 17, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 4, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 1, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 6, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| January 19, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 22, 2021 | Pass |
The Popover Lady vs North End
North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 April 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.