Zero

222 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02116

Passed re-check · Oct 14, 2025 Directions
56
Poor BiteKarma score 56 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 14, 2025: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Oct 6, 2025. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Person-in-charge-duties, cited 3 times, plus 11 other repeat issues.
  • #99 in Boston's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • Passed 3 of 8 graded inspections since 2023.
  • 7 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 8 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Oct 14

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. Failed Oct 6

    Inspection

    5 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
    • Critical Person-in-charge-duties
    • Minor System maintained in good repair
    • Minor Miscellaneous sources of contamination
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
  4. Passed Apr 15

    Reinspection

    No violations

  5. Failed Apr 8

    Inspection

    9 violations, 5 critical
    • Critical Temperature measuring devices-functionality
    • Critical Hand drying provision
    • Critical Handwashing cleanser availability
    • Critical Person-in-charge-duties
    • Critical Manual and mechanical warewashing equipment chemical sanitization-temperature pH concentration and hardness
    • Minor Cleaning of plumbing fixtures
    • Minor Sponges use limitation
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
    • Minor In-use utensils between-use storage

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