Trade

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 8, 2026
• address520 Atlantic Av, Boston 02210

Is Trade clean?

Trade is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 8, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Trade?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw chicken skewers obsevred stored over ready to eat product on production line. Corrected on site. Ensure proper seperation of raw product.critical
  Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw chicken skewers obsevred stored over ready to eat product on production line. Corrected on site. Ensure proper seperation of raw product.
• ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Employee meal observed stored on top of bevergaes for sale. Discontinue and seperate all employee food.
  Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Employee meal observed stored on top of bevergaes for sale. Discontinue and seperate all employee food.
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cucumbers and cut tuna at 52F in production line. Removed. Ensure cold holding at 41F or below.critical
  (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cucumbers and cut tuna at 52F in production line. Removed. Ensure cold holding at 41F or below.
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Ice machine in bakery area observed with pink substance inside the interior of the unit. Clean to remove.
  (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Ice machine in bakery area observed with pink substance inside the interior of the unit. Clean to remove.

When was Trade last inspected?

Trade has 36 inspections on record going back to October 18, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Trade vs Downtown

Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.

Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 10% of them.

Other spots in Downtown

• ✓ Qdoba Mexican Grill
  clean · February 13, 2013
• ✓ Sweet
  clean · February 6, 2019
• ✓ Nina Baker Shop
  clean · August 12, 2011
• ✓ Paramount Center At Emerson College
  clean · October 30, 2012
• ✕ Fresh Mango
  cooked · October 9, 2014
• ✓ Chipotle Mexican Grille
  clean · April 28, 2026

See every restaurant inspection in Downtown →

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 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.