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Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 26, 2026
- address131 Seaport Bl, Boston 02210
Is Van Leeuwen Ice Cream clean?
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 26, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Van Leeuwen Ice Cream?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Observed food handler scooping ice cream without hair restraint. Provide and ensure all handlers are wearing hair protection. COSEffectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Observed food handler scooping ice cream without hair restraint. Provide and ensure all handlers are wearing hair protection. COS
- ⚠️(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • Observed Certified Food Protection Manager certificate of previous employee. Provide updated certificate and allergy awareness certificate(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • Observed Certified Food Protection Manager certificate of previous employee. Provide updated certificate and allergy awareness certificate
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Observed pooled water on floor in storage area. Clean and ensure floors are clean and dryFloors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Observed pooled water on floor in storage area. Clean and ensure floors are clean and dry
When was Van Leeuwen Ice Cream last inspected?
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream has 11 inspections on record going back to September 17, 2024.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 19, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 11, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 18, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 23, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| September 17, 2024 | Pass |
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream 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 8% 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 May 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.