Tuscan Kitchen

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 16, 2026
• address28 Northern Av, Boston 02210

Is Tuscan Kitchen clean?

Tuscan Kitchen is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 16, 2026. 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 Tuscan Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf) • Observed oyster tags stored / maintained incompleted. Discussed with PIC to ensure the last date sold is completed on tags and maintained for 90 days
  Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf) • Observed oyster tags stored / maintained incompleted. Discussed with PIC to ensure the last date sold is completed on tags and maintained for 90 days
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Provide handled scoopers for all bulk containers for bulk dispensing
  In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Provide handled scoopers for all bulk containers for bulk dispensing
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Observed portioned pasta cut lettuce and calamari stored between 44F - 47F in misfunctioning low boys on in kitchen. Discussed with PIC to maintain cold holding @ 41F or below for all refrigerated food items. COScritical
  (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Observed portioned pasta cut lettuce and calamari stored between 44F - 47F in misfunctioning low boys on in kitchen. Discussed with PIC to maintain cold holding @ 41F or below for all refrigerated food items. COS
• ⚠️Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • Provide food thermometers for food handlers to properly maintain temperatures
  Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • Provide food thermometers for food handlers to properly maintain temperatures
• ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Observed low boys (hot app & salad) not properly maintaining cold holding of food items @ 41F or below. Repair
  Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Observed low boys (hot app & salad) not properly maintaining cold holding of food items @ 41F or below. Repair
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed mold like substance inside ice chute and filters dusty; soiled knives stored on and in between equipment at cooking line and bar; heavily soiled bulk containers in pizza station. Thoroughly clean all stated equipment / utensils and container to remove soils / spills
  (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed mold like substance inside ice chute and filters dusty; soiled knives stored on and in between equipment at cooking line and bar; heavily soiled bulk containers in pizza station. Thoroughly clean all stated equipment / utensils and container to remove soils / spills
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Observed droppings within dining areas and wine closet. PIC provided weekly pest reports with captures report. Recommendation to increase services until all structural voids and no captures are indicated
  Controlling Pests (Pf) • Observed droppings within dining areas and wine closet. PIC provided weekly pest reports with captures report. Recommendation to increase services until all structural voids and no captures are indicated

When was Tuscan Kitchen last inspected?

Tuscan Kitchen has 29 inspections on record going back to November 2, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Tuscan Kitchen vs South Boston Waterfront

South Boston Waterfront runs 93% clean across 391 tracked restaurants — 333 clean, 15 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 391 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston Waterfront, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 July 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.