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The Puddingstone Tavern
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 1, 2018
- address1592 Tremont St, Mission Hill 02120
Is The Puddingstone Tavern clean?
The Puddingstone Tavern is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 1, 2018. 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 Puddingstone Tavern?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 1, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Replace worn uncleanable cutting boards on the sandwich unitFood Contact Surfaces Design • Replace worn uncleanable cutting boards on the sandwich unit
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • Replace where neededEquipment Thermometers • Replace where needed
- ⚠️Test Kit Provided • Test strips are compromised replace chlorine test stripsTest Kit Provided • Test strips are compromised replace chlorine test strips
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean inside ice machine especially around the inside of the lid from all visible soilscriticalFood Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean inside ice machine especially around the inside of the lid from all visible soils
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean to remove all visible food spills stains and soils inside all refrigeration unitsNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean to remove all visible food spills stains and soils inside all refrigeration units
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean to remove all bottle caps and loose debris behind the barImproper Maintenance of Floors • Clean to remove all bottle caps and loose debris behind the bar
- ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • No allergen awareness certificate site replacecriticalPIC Performing Duties • No allergen awareness certificate site replace
When was The Puddingstone Tavern last inspected?
The Puddingstone Tavern has 5 inspections on record going back to October 28, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| February 8, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| February 1, 2018 | Fail | |
| October 18, 2016 | — | |
| October 28, 2015 | Pass |
The Puddingstone Tavern vs Mission Hill
Mission Hill runs 77% clean across 251 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 24 mid, 31 cooked.
Against the 251 spots Cooked tracks in Mission Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 February 1, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.