Black Seed Halal Grill

140 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02111

Passed re-check · Jan 16, 2026 Directions
69
Poor BiteKarma score 69 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Last inspected Jan 16, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Jan 9, 2026.
  • Passed 7 of 13 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Keeps coming up: Food labels, cited 6 times, plus 5 other repeat issues.
  • 8 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 13 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Jan 16

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. Failed Jan 9

    Inspection

    5 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Food labels
    • Critical Backflow prevention
    • Critical Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
    • Minor Food storage-preventing contamination from the premises
    • L1
  4. 2025
  5. Passed Sep 30

    Reinspection

    No violations

  6. Failed Sep 23

    Inspection

    4 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Handwashing sinks installation
    • Critical Food labels
    • Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
    • Minor Effectiveness-hair restraints

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