Joe's American Bar Grill

26 Exeter St, Boston, MA 02116

Passed re-check · Mar 17, 2026 Directions
76
Fair BiteKarma score 76 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 Mar 17, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Mar 3, 2026.
  • Passed 8 of 15 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Keeps coming up: Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils, cited 3 times, plus 9 other repeat issues.
  • 2 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 15 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Mar 17

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. Failed Mar 3

    Inspection

    1 violation
    • Minor Good repair and proper adjustment-equipment
  4. Failed Feb 25

    Inspection

    6 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Shellstock maintaining identification
    • Critical Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
    • Minor Miscellaneous sources of contamination
    • Minor Good repair and proper adjustment-equipment
    • Minor In-use utensils between-use storage
    • L1
  5. 2025
  6. Perfect Apr 25

    Inspection

    No violations

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