Whole Foods Market(Cambridge St.)

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 29, 2026
• address181 Cambridge St, Boston 02114

Is Whole Foods Market(Cambridge St.) clean?

Whole Foods Market(Cambridge St.) is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 29, 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 Whole Foods Market(Cambridge St.)?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Hot Water Sanitization Temperatures (Pf) • High temp dish machine recorded 194F on the final rinse.Repair
  Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Hot Water Sanitization Temperatures (Pf) • High temp dish machine recorded 194F on the final rinse.Repair
• ⚠️Prohibitions (C) • Noted several single use items stored under the sewage pipe in the dry storage area.Remove
  Prohibitions (C) • Noted several single use items stored under the sewage pipe in the dry storage area.Remove
• ⚠️Backflow Prevention (P) • Noted a direction cnnection from the sink to sewage.Provide an air gapcritical
  Backflow Prevention (P) • Noted a direction cnnection from the sink to sewage.Provide an air gap

When was Whole Foods Market(Cambridge St.) last inspected?

Whole Foods Market(Cambridge St.) has 80 inspections on record going back to August 3, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Whole Foods Market(Cambridge St.) vs West End

West End runs 90% clean across 247 tracked restaurants — 217 clean, 13 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 247 spots Cooked tracks in West End, this one comes out cleaner than 6% of them.

Other spots in West End

• ✓ Whole Foods Market(Cambridge St.)
  clean · September 23, 2020
• ✓ Genji Sushi No. 10087
  clean · January 27, 2026
• ? Bulfinch Yacht Club
  not rated · December 30, 2012
• ? Anthem
  cooked · July 28, 2008
• ✓ Cold Stone Creamery
  clean · October 14, 2008
• ✓ Ruby Room
  clean · February 1, 2024

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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 June 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.