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The Reef
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 25, 2023
- address250 Atlantic Av, Boston 02110
Is The Reef clean?
The Reef is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 25, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Reef?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on May 25, 2023. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was The Reef last inspected?
The Reef has 10 inspections on record going back to June 7, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| May 25, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| August 22, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 21, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| December 13, 2021 | — | |
| December 10, 2020 | — | |
| June 7, 2019 | Pass |
The Reef 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 May 25, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.