• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 18, 2026 →
• address161 Charles St, Boston 02114

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Is Top Shelf clean?

Top Shelf is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 18, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Top Shelf?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

Top Shelf inspection and administrative history

Top Shelf has 46 inspections on record going back to June 28, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Top Shelf vs Beacon Hill

Beacon Hill runs 87% clean across 147 tracked restaurants — 123 clean, 9 mid, 10 cooked.

Against the 147 spots Cooked tracks in Beacon Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 13% of them.

Other spots in Beacon Hill

• ✓ The Spotted Apron
  clean · July 3, 2007
• ✕ The Liberty Hotel
  cooked · September 25, 2013
• ✕ Bin 26 Enoteca
  cooked · May 28, 2024
• ✓ Jobi Liquors Inc.
  clean · October 29, 2018
• ✓ Scampo
  clean · August 10, 2026
• ✓ Felcaro Pizzeria
  clean · May 14, 2026

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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 May 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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