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The Upper Crust
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 18, 2012
- address222 Newbury St, Boston 02116
Is The Upper Crust clean?
The Upper Crust is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 18, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Upper Crust?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 18, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Properly store all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution in food prep area's.Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Properly store all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution in food prep area's.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Properly clean exterior grease buildup on exhaust hood ventilation system in kitchen. Provide current inspection/cleaning sticker on exhaust hood ventilation system in kitchen. (exp. 8-12). Properly clean all wall area's in Walk-In cooler. Properly repair hole in wall next to basement exit door.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Properly clean exterior grease buildup on exhaust hood ventilation system in kitchen. Provide current inspection/cleaning sticker on exhaust hood ventilation system in kitchen. (exp. 8-12). Properly clean all wall area's in Walk-In cooler. Properly repair hole in wall next to basement exit door.
When was The Upper Crust last inspected?
The Upper Crust has 21 inspections on record going back to February 21, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 18, 2012 | Pass | |
| September 11, 2012 | Fail | |
| June 19, 2012 | Pass | |
| June 11, 2012 | Fail | |
| March 9, 2012 | Pass | |
| March 2, 2012 | Fail | |
| August 3, 2011 | Fail | |
| May 19, 2011 | Pass | |
| March 1, 2011 | Pass | |
| October 29, 2010 | Pass | |
| May 18, 2010 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2010 | Pass |
The Upper Crust vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 September 18, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.