Karen Market

41 Bennington St, Boston, MA 02128

Passed re-check · Oct 23, 2026 Directions
77
Fair BiteKarma score 77 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 Oct 23, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Oct 16, 2026.
  • Passed 8 of 11 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Keeps coming up: Controlling pests, cited 2 times, plus 1 other repeat issue.
  • 6 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 11 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Oct 23

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. Failed Oct 16

    Inspection

    2 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Controlling pests
    • Critical Food labels
  4. Passed May 13

    Reinspection

    No violations

  5. Failed May 6

    Inspection

    6 violations, 4 critical
    • Critical Person-in-charge-duties
    • Critical Food labels
    • Critical Controlling pests
    • Critical Segregation and location-distressed merchandise
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
    • Minor Miscellaneous sources of contamination

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