Bootleg Special Kitchen & Bar
400 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116
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 May 20, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Mar 25, 2026.
- Keeps coming up: Manual and mechanical warewashing equipment chemical sanitization-temperature pH concentration and hardness, cited 2 times, plus 7 other repeat issues.
- #54 in Boston's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- Passed 3 of 8 graded inspections since 2023.
- 10 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 8 visits
- 2026
- Passed May 20
Reinspection
No violations
- Failed Mar 25
Inspection
3 violations
- Minor Controlling pests
- Minor Cleaning ventilation systems nuisance and discharge prohibition
- Minor Repairing-premises structures attachments and fixtures-methods
- Failed Mar 23
Inspection
23 violations, 7 critical
- Critical Consumption of animal foods that are raw undercooked or not otherwise processed to eliminate pathogens
- Critical Controlling pests
- Critical Person-in-charge-duties
- Critical Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
- Critical Safe unadulterated and honestly presented
- Critical Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance
- Critical Hand drying provision
- Minor Removing dead or trapped birds insects rodents and other pest
- Minor Outer openings protected
- Minor Cutting surfaces
- Minor Food storage-preventing contamination from the premises
- Minor Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability
- Minor Ventilation hood systems filters
- Minor Repairing-premises structures attachments and fixtures-methods
- Minor Effectiveness-hair restraints
- Minor Food storage containers identified with common name of food
- Minor Maintaining premises unnecessary items and litter
- Minor Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
- Minor Good repair and proper adjustment-equipment
- Minor Cleaning ventilation systems nuisance and discharge prohibition
- Minor In-use utensils between-use storage
- Minor Miscellaneous sources of contamination
- L1
- 2025
- Passed Oct 15
Reinspection
No violations
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