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Tom's Sandwich Shop
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 7, 2013
- address36 Northampton St, Roxbury 02118
Is Tom's Sandwich Shop clean?
Tom's Sandwich Shop is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 7, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Tom's Sandwich Shop?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 7, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Container Labels • provide ingredient label for pre packaged cookiesFood Container Labels • provide ingredient label for pre packaged cookies
- ⚠️Food Protection • basement/clean dust from food cansFood Protection • basement/clean dust from food cans
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • basement/clean floor area under stairwayImproper Maintenance of Floors • basement/clean floor area under stairway
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • restroom/clean dust from vents clean silver condiment shelvingImproper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • restroom/clean dust from vents clean silver condiment shelving
- ⚠️Inadequate Lighting • basement/replace burnt out lightInadequate Lighting • basement/replace burnt out light
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • basement/clean/organize locker areaPremises Maintained • basement/clean/organize locker area
When was Tom's Sandwich Shop last inspected?
Tom's Sandwich Shop has 19 inspections on record going back to August 5, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| December 11, 2014 | closed by the city | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| May 7, 2013 | Pass | |
| April 30, 2013 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| December 27, 2012 | Pass | |
| June 20, 2012 | Pass | |
| October 13, 2011 | Pass | |
| November 12, 2010 | Pass | |
| November 5, 2010 | Fail | |
| June 23, 2010 | Pass |
Tom's Sandwich Shop vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, 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 May 7, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.