Cooked?
Z Square In The Park
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 12, 2009
- address0 Post Office Sq, Boston 02110
Is Z Square In The Park clean?
Z Square In The Park is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 12, 2009. 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 Z Square In The Park?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 12, 2009, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Good Hygienic Practices • Provide covers for all open drinks in kitchencriticalGood Hygienic Practices • Provide covers for all open drinks in kitchen
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • Provide thermometer for 2 door refrigeratorEquipment Thermometers • Provide thermometer for 2 door refrigerator
- ⚠️Test Kit Provided • Provide test kit for low temp dish machineTest Kit Provided • Provide test kit for low temp dish machine
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Provide proper storage of wiping clothsWiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Provide proper storage of wiping cloths
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • Remove shoes from storage in kitchen areaPremises Maintained • Remove shoes from storage in kitchen area
When was Z Square In The Park last inspected?
Z Square In The Park has 4 inspections on record going back to June 27, 2008.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| January 12, 2009 | Fail | |
| July 7, 2008 | Pass | |
| June 27, 2008 | Fail |
Z Square In The Park vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 12, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.