Vertigo

• resultFail
• critical violations5
• last inspectedJuly 25, 2008
• address126 State St, Boston 02109

Is Vertigo clean?

Vertigo is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 25, 2008. Inspectors wrote up 5 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Vertigo?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 25, 2008, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Provide protective shields in all ice bins behind the bars upstairs and 1st floor.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Provide protective shields in all ice bins behind the bars upstairs and 1st floor.
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided • No test kit on site • No test on Site
  Test Kit Provided • No test kit on site • No test on Site
• ⚠️Food Container Labels • Milk and other juices etc in unlabeled containers
  Food Container Labels • Milk and other juices etc in unlabeled containers
• ⚠️Good Hygienic Practices • Evidence of smoking in kitchen.critical
  Good Hygienic Practices • Evidence of smoking in kitchen.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Low Temperature Dish. machine-readings are not being taken as required.critical
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Low Temperature Dish. machine-readings are not being taken as required.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • All shelving in the kitchen is dirty • Fruit cutter embedded with black mildew. It does not seam to get cleaned in-between uses.
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • All shelving in the kitchen is dirty • Fruit cutter embedded with black mildew. It does not seam to get cleaned in-between uses.
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained • Ceiling Pipes in the Men's Bathroom are leaking • Hot Water temperature in both bathrooms need to increased to at least 110'F
  Installed and Maintained • Ceiling Pipes in the Men's Bathroom are leaking • Hot Water temperature in both bathrooms need to increased to at least 110'F
• ⚠️Location Accessible • Hands Sinks were not accessible. Both behind the bar and in the rear kitchen.critical
  Location Accessible • Hands Sinks were not accessible. Both behind the bar and in the rear kitchen.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Floors are not in good repair behind the bar and in rear kitchen • Replace missing floor drain cover.
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • Floors are not in good repair behind the bar and in rear kitchen • Replace missing floor drain cover.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Mens bathroom-cubing tiles missing -exposed electrical work this need to be checked. • Walls in kitchen soiled and need to be Clean included all attached fixtures.
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Mens bathroom-cubing tiles missing -exposed electrical work this need to be checked. • Walls in kitchen soiled and need to be Clean included all attached fixtures.
• ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded • There are electrical boxes that are unshielded. It is unknown if these boxes are live.
  Fixture's not properly shielded • There are electrical boxes that are unshielded. It is unknown if these boxes are live.
• ⚠️Toxic Items: Original Container • An unlabeled bottle of cleaner in the kitchen.critical
  Toxic Items: Original Container • An unlabeled bottle of cleaner in the kitchen.
• ⚠️Premises Maintained • Remove all unnecessary articles & equipment.
  Premises Maintained • Remove all unnecessary articles & equipment.
• ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • Manager should not have let these violations go uncorrected.critical
  PIC Performing Duties • Manager should not have let these violations go uncorrected.

When was Vertigo last inspected?

Vertigo has 6 inspections on record going back to July 25, 2008.

Vertigo vs North End

North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 25, 2008. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.