L'Osteria

104 Salem St, Boston, MA 02113

Passed re-check · Mar 11, 2026 Directions
63
Poor BiteKarma score 63 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 11, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Feb 17, 2026.
  • Passed 8 of 12 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Keeps coming up: Backflow prevention, cited 2 times, plus 2 other repeat issues.
  • 10 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 12 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Mar 11

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. Failed Feb 17

    Inspection

    3 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Backflow prevention
    • Minor Backflow prevention device location
    • Minor Service sink
  4. Failed Feb 10

    Inspection

    18 violations, 9 critical
    • Critical Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
    • Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
    • Critical Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
    • Critical Shellstock maintaining identification
    • Critical Person-in-charge-duties
    • Critical Temperature measuring devices manual and mechanical warewashing
    • Critical Treating juice
    • Critical Cooling
    • Critical Backflow prevention
    • Minor Miscellaneous sources of contamination
    • Minor Food storage containers identified with common name of food
    • Minor Handwashing signage
    • Minor Effectiveness-hair restraints
    • Minor Repairing-premises structures attachments and fixtures-methods
    • Minor Service sink
    • Minor In-use utensils between-use storage
    • Minor Certified food protection manager
    • L1
  5. 2025
  6. Perfect Dec 5

    Inspection

    No violations

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