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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: Cleaning ventilation systems nuisance and discharge prohibition, cited 2 times, plus 1 other repeat issue.
- #12 in Boston's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- Passed 0 of 2 graded inspections since 2026.
- Last inspected Oct 26, 2026: failed with 2 violations.
- 13 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 2 visits
- 2026
- Failed Oct 26
Inspection
2 violations
- Minor Cleaning ventilation systems nuisance and discharge prohibition
- Minor Miscellaneous sources of contamination
- Failed Oct 15
Inspection
24 violations, 13 critical
- Critical Demonstration
- Critical Temperature measuring devices manual and mechanical warewashing
- Critical Common name-working containers
- Critical Shellstock maintaining identification
- Critical Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance
- Critical Person-in-charge-duties
- Critical Cooling
- Critical Handwashing cleanser availability
- Critical Clean-up of vomiting and diarrheal events
- Critical Hand drying provision
- Critical Food temperature measuring devices
- Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
- Critical Sanitizing solutions testing devices
- Minor Temperature measuring devices-functionality
- Minor Miscellaneous sources of contamination
- Minor Cleaning ventilation systems nuisance and discharge prohibition
- Minor Certified food protection manager
- Minor Food storage containers identified with common name of food
- Minor Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability
- Minor Repairing-premises structures attachments and fixtures-methods
- Minor Ventilation hood systems filters
- Minor Handwashing signage
- Minor When a HACCP plan is required
- L1
Nearby
BiteKarma scores around North End Lobster Co, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.