West Garden is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 13, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at West Garden?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 13, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Food Container Labels • Re-label rice barrel.
Food Container Labels • Re-label rice barrel.
⚠️Food Protection • Cooking line- cover all open foods in reach ins. • Cooking line-cover all open foods in reach ins. • Reach ins-cover all open food products.
Food Protection • Cooking line- cover all open foods in reach ins. • Cooking line-cover all open foods in reach ins. • Reach ins-cover all open food products.
⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean can opener and holder.
Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean can opener and holder.
⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Basement- evidence of multiple rodent droppings. • Cooking line- evidence of multiple rodent droppings. • Cooking line- evidence of multiple rodent droppings at 2 door glass reach in.
Insects Rodents Animals • Basement- evidence of multiple rodent droppings. • Cooking line- evidence of multiple rodent droppings. • Cooking line- evidence of multiple rodent droppings at 2 door glass reach in.
⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Basement- all floor areas in need of general cleaning. • Cooking line- clean floor areas under equipment and counters.
Improper Maintenance of Floors • Basement- all floor areas in need of general cleaning. • Cooking line- clean floor areas under equipment and counters.
⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean cooking vent hood( sticker expired Jan 19.)
Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean cooking vent hood( sticker expired Jan 19.)
⚠️Premises Maintained • Air dry mop when not in use.
Premises Maintained • Air dry mop when not in use.
⚠️PIC Performing Duties • 8-303.20- Provide 2019 health permit.critical
PIC Performing Duties • 8-303.20- Provide 2019 health permit.
⚠️Consumer Advisories • Provide food allergy warning on counter menu.critical
Consumer Advisories • Provide food allergy warning on counter menu.
When was West Garden last inspected?
West Garden has 13 inspections on record going back to November 30, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
date
result
score
March 15, 2022
—
March 13, 2019
Pass
February 28, 2019
Fail
October 9, 2018
—
October 1, 2018
Fail
May 16, 2018
Pass
May 10, 2018
Fail
January 9, 2018
—
December 27, 2017
Fail
June 14, 2017
Pass
June 1, 2017
Fail
December 9, 2016
Pass
West Garden vs West Roxbury
West Roxbury runs 86% clean across 201 tracked restaurants — 165 clean, 15 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 201 spots Cooked tracks in West Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.
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 March 13, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.