Cooked?
The Tam
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 30, 2018
- address220 Tremont St, Boston 02116
Is The Tam clean?
The Tam is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 30, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Tam?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 30, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Shelving of liquor bottles with soils & dust build up clean to removeNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Shelving of liquor bottles with soils & dust build up clean to remove
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • 1) no designated hand sink at bar assign 2) No signage in bathrooms for employee hand wash supplyHand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • 1) no designated hand sink at bar assign 2) No signage in bathrooms for employee hand wash supply
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Floors under mats & sink with soils and debris clean to removeImproper Maintenance of Floors • Floors under mats & sink with soils and debris clean to remove
When was The Tam last inspected?
The Tam has 24 inspections on record going back to June 24, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| November 30, 2018 | Pass | |
| November 15, 2018 | Fail | |
| January 12, 2018 | Pass | |
| May 10, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 20, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 11, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 29, 2014 | Pass | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| September 23, 2013 | Pass | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| March 27, 2012 | Pass |
The Tam vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 85% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 22 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 15% of them.
Other spots in Chinatown
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 November 30, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.