Three Clover

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 2, 2012 →
• address401 W Broadway, South Boston 02127

Is Three Clover clean?

Three Clover is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 2, 2012. 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 Three Clover?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 2, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Utensil Storage
• ⚠️Prevention of Contamination from Handscritical
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
• ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors

Three Clover inspection and administrative history

Three Clover has 19 inspections on record going back to November 5, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Three Clover vs South Boston Waterfront

South Boston Waterfront runs 93% clean across 389 tracked restaurants — 333 clean, 17 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 389 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston Waterfront, this one comes out cleaner than 1% of them.

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• ✕ The Farmacy Cafe
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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated February 2, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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