• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 14, 2026 →
• address640 Washington St, Boston 02111

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Is The Q clean?

The Q is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 14, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at The Q?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C)
• ⚠️Single-Service and Single-Use Articles-Use Limitations (C)
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
• ⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C)

When was The Q last inspected?

The Q has 80 inspections on record going back to September 13, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 2 of these 12 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

The Q vs Downtown

Downtown runs 92% clean across 997 tracked restaurants — 863 clean, 47 mid, 32 cooked.

Against the 997 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 5% of them.

Other spots in Downtown

• ✓ Flik @ Re:Sources Cafe
  clean · October 16, 2019
• ? Flying Tiger Copenhagen
  not rated · September 14, 2022
• ✓ Revival
  clean · January 8, 2019
• ✓ Xian Rougamo
  clean · February 7, 2025
• ✕ Love Art Sushi
  mid · October 20, 2026
• ✓ Juice Press
  clean · April 8, 2025

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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.

Read the Boston ratings guide →

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 October 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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