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Woody's Grill & Tap
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 17, 2025
- address58 Hemenway St, Boston 02115
Is Woody's Grill & Tap clean?
Woody's Grill & Tap is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 17, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Woody's Grill & Tap?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Clean the hood filter above the char broiler to remove soils.Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Clean the hood filter above the char broiler to remove soils.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Clean the interior of the ice machine to remove soils.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Clean the interior of the ice machine to remove soils.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the lower shelf of the service table to remove soils.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the lower shelf of the service table to remove soils.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Live roach activity observed in the basement mouse activity (droppings) observed on the floor behind the basement ice machine..Provide a full pest report upon re-inspectionControlling Pests (Pf) • Live roach activity observed in the basement mouse activity (droppings) observed on the floor behind the basement ice machine..Provide a full pest report upon re-inspection
- ⚠️Removing Dead or Trapped Birds Insects Rodents and other Pest (C) • Remove/replace all soiled glue traps.Removing Dead or Trapped Birds Insects Rodents and other Pest (C) • Remove/replace all soiled glue traps.
- ⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the floor to remove evidence of mouse activity(droppings)Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the floor to remove evidence of mouse activity(droppings)
- ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • The white hood sticker at the wood fired pizza oven expired on 9.25.25.Provide a proper cleaning from a licensed company.Post new sticker.Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • The white hood sticker at the wood fired pizza oven expired on 9.25.25.Provide a proper cleaning from a licensed company.Post new sticker.
- ⚠️Common Name-Working Containers (Pf) • Provide labels on all chemical spray bottles.Common Name-Working Containers (Pf) • Provide labels on all chemical spray bottles.
When was Woody's Grill & Tap last inspected?
Woody's Grill & Tap has 25 inspections on record going back to December 18, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 8, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| October 17, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 2, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 15, 2025 | Fail | |
| September 24, 2024 | — | |
| September 10, 2024 | — | |
| September 3, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| November 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 28, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — |
Woody's Grill & Tap vs Fenway
Fenway runs 89% clean across 433 tracked restaurants — 379 clean, 23 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 433 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 11% of them.
Other spots in Fenway
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 October 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.