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Wild Duck Food Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 29, 2026
- address362 Commonwealth Av, Boston 02115
Is Wild Duck Food Market clean?
Wild Duck Food Market is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 29, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Wild Duck Food Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • There was a sprinkler break in the main lobby of the building this establishment is located on the lower level.Water is leaking into the basement storage. The sprinkler system is Offline per building manager Rick Karp. Establishment must provide documentation that the repairs & cleaning have been completed and the system is back online(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • There was a sprinkler break in the main lobby of the building this establishment is located on the lower level.Water is leaking into the basement storage. The sprinkler system is Offline per building manager Rick Karp. Establishment must provide documentation that the repairs & cleaning have been completed and the system is back online
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (P) • Sprinkler break in the main lobby of the building residual water leaking into the basement storage of the establishment. (storage is elevated off the floor) Repair sprinkler pipe forward all repair documentation to the Health Department [email protected] Building to be re-inspected by Building Plumbing & Health for approval to re-opencriticalSystem Maintained in Good Repair (P) • Sprinkler break in the main lobby of the building residual water leaking into the basement storage of the establishment. (storage is elevated off the floor) Repair sprinkler pipe forward all repair documentation to the Health Department [email protected] Building to be re-inspected by Building Plumbing & Health for approval to re-open
- ⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean/sanitize the basement floor to remove stagnate & pooling water as a result of the sprinkler break in the main lobby of the buildingCleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean/sanitize the basement floor to remove stagnate & pooling water as a result of the sprinkler break in the main lobby of the building
When was Wild Duck Food Market last inspected?
Wild Duck Food Market has 7 inspections on record going back to December 11, 2023.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 29, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 29, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| January 16, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 13, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 21, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 10, 2024 | Fail | |
| December 11, 2023 | Pass |
Wild Duck Food Market vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 January 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.