Boston Restaurant Bar Grill
1251 River St, Boston, MA 02136
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 Nov 2, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Oct 28, 2026.
- Keeps coming up: System maintained in good repair, cited 16 times, plus 33 other repeat issues.
- #73 in Boston's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- Passed 7 of 33 graded inspections since 2023.
- 46 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 33 visits
- 2026
- Passed Nov 2
Reinspection
No violations
- Failed Oct 28
Inspection
14 violations, 6 critical
- Critical Sanitizing solutions testing devices
- Critical Ceasing operations and reporting
- Critical Person-in-charge-duties
- Critical Controlling pests
- Critical System maintained in good repair
- Critical Hand drying provision
- Minor Repairing-premises structures attachments and fixtures-methods
- Minor Maintaining premises unnecessary items and litter
- Minor Cleaning receptacles
- Minor Frequency-removal
- Minor Intensity-lighting
- Minor Outer openings protected
- Minor Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability
- Minor Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
- Passed Sep 1
Reinspection
No violations
- Failed Aug 26
Inspection
7 violations, 3 critical
- Critical Mechanical warewashing equipment wash solution temperature
- Critical System maintained in good repair
- Critical Person-in-charge-duties
- Minor Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability
- Minor Good repair and proper adjustment-equipment
- Minor Repairing-premises structures attachments and fixtures-methods
- Minor Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
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