Zero&

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 14, 2025
• address222 Newbury St, Boston 02116

Is Zero& clean?

Zero& is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 14, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Zero&?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • PIC needs to retrain staff to correctly set-up 3 compartment sink. Staff unable to set-up sanitizer for 3 compartment sink.
  (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • PIC needs to retrain staff to correctly set-up 3 compartment sink. Staff unable to set-up sanitizer for 3 compartment sink.
• ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Curtain to food prep area soiled. Clean or replace curtain.
  Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Curtain to food prep area soiled. Clean or replace curtain.
• ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Prepped sandwiches without date mark. Date prepped food to avoid spoilage. Staff stated sandwiches removed from freezer this morning.
  Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Prepped sandwiches without date mark. Date prepped food to avoid spoilage. Staff stated sandwiches removed from freezer this morning.
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils and spills in drink station refrigerators. Clean and sanitize. Maintain equipment clean and free of food debris.
  Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils and spills in drink station refrigerators. Clean and sanitize. Maintain equipment clean and free of food debris.
• ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Cold water faucet at hand sink broken. Replace and repair. Slow drain at prep sink air gap. Clean and repair as needed.
  System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Cold water faucet at hand sink broken. Replace and repair. Slow drain at prep sink air gap. Clean and repair as needed.

When was Zero& last inspected?

Zero& has 11 inspections on record going back to October 2, 2023.

Zero& vs Back Bay

Back Bay runs 78% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 402 clean, 46 mid, 65 cooked.

Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 October 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.