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Thornton's Restaurant
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 15, 2026
- address150 Huntington Av, Boston 02115
Is Thornton's Restaurant clean?
Thornton's Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 15, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Thornton's Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Newly installed handsink lacks splash guard in proximity to clean equipment storage and warewashing. Install.Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Newly installed handsink lacks splash guard in proximity to clean equipment storage and warewashing. Install.
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Cinder block legs in place elevating handsink. Remove and replace with smooth durable non porous & easily cleanable surfaces.Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Cinder block legs in place elevating handsink. Remove and replace with smooth durable non porous & easily cleanable surfaces.
- ⚠️Service Sink (C) • Establishment does not have a mop sink. Install. Ensure installation is done by a licensed plumber and provide a copy of ISD plumbing permit upon re inspection. 590.003/3-307.11-C If mop sink is installed in food prep or food contact equipment storage areas it needs to be fully enclosed.Service Sink (C) • Establishment does not have a mop sink. Install. Ensure installation is done by a licensed plumber and provide a copy of ISD plumbing permit upon re inspection. 590.003/3-307.11-C If mop sink is installed in food prep or food contact equipment storage areas it needs to be fully enclosed.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (P) • No food prep / culinary sink to wash produce in establishment. Install. Ensure installation is done by a licensed plumber and provide a copy of ISD plumbing permit upon re inspection. 6/29/26 Reinspection: The establishment has replaced the handsink in the warewashing area with a larger sink in anticipation of it being used as a food sink without first pulling an ISD plumbing permit (non available at the time of inspection) or contacting [email protected]. The sink that has been installed is also lacking the proper seperation in the drain and is directly plumbed to a grease trap. The sink must be restored for use as a handsink only. Spoke with ISD health management TS by phone who is requesting a variance application from the establishment. Form provided. Reinspection 7/10/26- ISD plumbing supervisor Bill Foley has confirmed over email the plumbing permit has not been paid to date.criticalSystem Maintained in Good Repair (P) • No food prep / culinary sink to wash produce in establishment. Install. Ensure installation is done by a licensed plumber and provide a copy of ISD plumbing permit upon re inspection. 6/29/26 Reinspection: The establishment has replaced the handsink in the warewashing area with a larger sink in anticipation of it being used as a food sink without first pulling an ISD plumbing permit (non available at the time of inspection) or contacting [email protected]. The sink that has been installed is also lacking the proper seperation in the drain and is directly plumbed to a grease trap. The sink must be restored for use as a handsink only. Spoke with ISD health management TS by phone who is requesting a variance application from the establishment. Form provided. Reinspection 7/10/26- ISD plumbing supervisor Bill Foley has confirmed over email the plumbing permit has not been paid to date.
When was Thornton's Restaurant last inspected?
Thornton's Restaurant has 31 inspections on record going back to August 12, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 15, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 10, 2026 | — | |
| June 29, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 27, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 9, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 2, 2026 | Fail | |
| August 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 12, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 8, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 1, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 8, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 29, 2024 | Fail |
Thornton's Restaurant vs South End
South End runs 80% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 489 clean, 61 mid, 65 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 July 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.