The Capital Burger

159 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02116

Failed · Aug 5, 2026 Directions
67
Poor BiteKarma score 67 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

  • Keeps coming up: Controlling pests, cited 8 times, plus 9 other repeat issues.
  • Passed 5 of 19 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Last inspected Aug 5, 2026: failed with 2 violations, 1 critical.
  • 21 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 19 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Failed Aug 5

    Inspection

    2 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Backflow prevention
    • Minor Repairing-premises structures attachments and fixtures-methods
  3. Failed Jul 28

    Inspection

    4 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Controlling pests
    • Critical Backflow prevention
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
    • Minor Repairing-premises structures attachments and fixtures-methods
  4. Failed Jul 13

    Inspection

    5 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Controlling pests
    • Critical Manual and mechanical warewashing equipment chemical sanitization-temperature pH concentration and hardness
    • Critical Backflow prevention
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
    • Minor Repairing-premises structures attachments and fixtures-methods
  5. Failed Jul 9

    Inspection

    8 violations, 4 critical
    • Critical Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance
    • Critical Controlling pests
    • Critical Backflow prevention
    • Critical Manual and mechanical warewashing equipment chemical sanitization-temperature pH concentration and hardness
    • Minor Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
    • Minor In-use utensils between-use storage
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
    • Minor Repairing-premises structures attachments and fixtures-methods

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