• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 24, 2019 →
• address800 Boylston St, Boston 02199

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Is Top Of The Hub clean?

Top Of The Hub is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 24, 2019. 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 Top Of The Hub?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 24, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)critical
• ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf)
• ⚠️Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf)
• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf)
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
• ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C)
• ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C)
• ⚠️Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C)
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf)
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C)

Top Of The Hub inspection and administrative history

Top Of The Hub has 52 inspections on record going back to January 10, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.

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 September 24, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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