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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
- Keeps coming up: Consumption of animal foods that are raw undercooked or not otherwise processed to eliminate pathogens, cited 5 times, plus 23 other repeat issues.
- #15 in Boston's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- Passed 6 of 17 graded inspections since 2023.
- Last inspected Jul 23, 2026: failed with 2 violations.
- 37 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 17 visits
- 2026
- Failed Jul 23
Inspection
2 violations
- Minor Backflow prevention device location
- Minor Controlling pests
- Failed Jul 16
Inspection
8 violations, 4 critical
- Critical Controlling pests
- Critical Backflow prevention
- Critical Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance
- Critical Handwashing sinks-numbers and capacities
- Minor Good repair and proper adjustment-equipment
- Minor Maintaining premises unnecessary items and litter
- Minor System maintained in good repair
- Minor Floors walls and ceilings utility lines
- Failed Jul 8
Inspection
15 violations, 8 critical
- Critical Backflow prevention
- Critical Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance
- Critical Controlling pests
- Critical Mechanical warewashing equipment wash solution temperature
- Critical Consumption of animal foods that are raw undercooked or not otherwise processed to eliminate pathogens
- Critical Hand drying provision
- Critical Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
- Critical Handwashing sinks-numbers and capacities
- Minor Floors walls and ceilings utility lines
- Minor System maintained in good repair
- Minor Characteristics-materials for construction and repair
- Minor Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
- Minor Good repair and proper adjustment-equipment
- Minor Cleaning of plumbing fixtures
- Minor Maintaining premises unnecessary items and litter
- Failed Jul 2
Inspection
33 violations, 21 critical
- Critical Backflow prevention
- Critical Assignment
- Critical Cleaning agents and sanitizers availability
- Critical Reheating for hot holding
- Critical Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance
- Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
- Critical Person-in-charge-duties
- Critical Controlling pests
- Critical Records creation and retention
- Critical Consumption of animal foods that are raw undercooked or not otherwise processed to eliminate pathogens
- Critical Mechanical warewashing equipment wash solution temperature
- Critical Temperature measuring devices manual and mechanical warewashing
- Critical Handwashing sinks-numbers and capacities
- Critical Clean-up of vomiting and diarrheal events
- Critical Manual and mechanical warewashing equipment chemical sanitization-temperature pH concentration and hardness
- Critical Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
- Critical Demonstration
- Critical Handwashing cleanser availability
- Critical Sanitizing solutions testing devices
- Critical Shellstock maintaining identification
- Critical Hand drying provision
- Minor Wiping cloths use limitation
- Minor Drying mops
- Minor Outer openings protected
- Minor Floors walls and ceilings utility lines
- Minor Maintaining premises unnecessary items and litter
- Minor Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
- Minor Characteristics-materials for construction and repair
- Minor Handwashing signage
- Minor Good repair and proper adjustment-equipment
- Minor Thawing
- Minor In-use utensils between-use storage
- Minor Cleaning of plumbing fixtures
Nearby
BiteKarma scores around Hennessys of Boston, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.