The Savant Project is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 13, 2011. 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 Savant Project?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 13, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean all shelves and wine racks through-out bar area clean interiors of both reach-in's behind bar area
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean all shelves and wine racks through-out bar area clean interiors of both reach-in's behind bar area
⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • provide a handwash sign at handwash sink in bathroom
Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • provide a handwash sign at handwash sink in bathroom
⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • rodent proof front door (bottom)
Insects Rodents Animals • rodent proof front door (bottom)
⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • clean floor through-out bar area clean floor under behind and between all equipment and shelves through-out kitchen/prep/warewashing areas
Improper Maintenance of Floors • clean floor through-out bar area clean floor under behind and between all equipment and shelves through-out kitchen/prep/warewashing areas
⚠️Premises Maintained • remove all un-necessary articles from through-out basement area remove empty milk crate from walk-in freezer
Premises Maintained • remove all un-necessary articles from through-out basement area remove empty milk crate from walk-in freezer
⚠️PIC Knowledge • provide food allergen certificate - asapcritical
PIC Knowledge • provide food allergen certificate - asap
When was The Savant Project last inspected?
The Savant Project has 17 inspections on record going back to June 12, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
date
result
score
December 30, 2012
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April 28, 2011
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April 13, 2011
Fail
December 17, 2010
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August 12, 2010
—
July 29, 2010
Fail
March 2, 2010
—
October 13, 2009
Pass
October 8, 2009
Fail
December 12, 2008
Pass
November 12, 2008
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October 29, 2008
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The Savant Project 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 8% of them.
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 13, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.