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Tradesman
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 16, 2026
- address89 Broad St, Boston 02110
Is Tradesman clean?
Tradesman is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 16, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Tradesman?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Handle of ice scoop observed stored in ice. Discontinue.In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Handle of ice scoop observed stored in ice. Discontinue.
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Soiled cups observed in hand sink. Removed. Ensure hand sink is only for hand washing.Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Soiled cups observed in hand sink. Removed. Ensure hand sink is only for hand washing.
- ⚠️Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Chocolate milk for retail sale observed expired 4.7.26. Product discarded. Ensure proper rotation.Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Chocolate milk for retail sale observed expired 4.7.26. Product discarded. Ensure proper rotation.
When was Tradesman last inspected?
Tradesman has 20 inspections on record going back to December 20, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 9, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 23, 2026 | Pass | |
| November 24, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 17, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 15, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 11, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 16, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| December 2, 2022 | — | |
| August 19, 2022 | — |
Tradesman 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.
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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 April 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.