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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 Jun 10, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on May 14, 2026.
- Keeps coming up: Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils, cited 3 times, plus 20 other repeat issues.
- #29 in Boston's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- Passed 6 of 13 graded inspections since 2023.
- 20 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 13 visits
- 2026
- Passed Jun 10
Reinspection
No violations
- Failed May 14
Inspection
1 violation
- Minor Food preparation
- Failed May 6
Inspection
20 violations, 10 critical
- Critical Demonstration
- Critical Handwashing cleanser availability
- Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
- Critical Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
- Critical Shellstock maintaining identification
- Critical Person-in-charge-duties
- Critical Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
- Critical Consumption of animal foods that are raw undercooked or not otherwise processed to eliminate pathogens
- Critical Clean-up of vomiting and diarrheal events
- Critical Safe unadulterated and honestly presented
- Minor Food storage containers identified with common name of food
- Minor Cutting surfaces
- Minor Cleaning of plumbing fixtures
- Minor System maintained in good repair
- Minor Food preparation
- Minor Food storage-preventing contamination from the premises
- Minor Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability
- Minor Effectiveness-hair restraints
- Minor Sponges use limitation
- Minor In-use utensils between-use storage
- 2025
- Passed Feb 21
Reinspection
No violations
Nearby
BiteKarma scores around Friendship BBQ, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.