Publico Street Bistro
11 DORCHESTER ST, SOUTH BOSTON, MA 02127
Last inspected Nov 5, 2026
Official source: Boston Public Health Commission (boston.gov) · All data sources
Failed. Did not meet health requirements at the latest inspection. Many failures are fixed and re-inspected within days — check the inspection date.
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The record, in plain English
CleanPlate holds 22 inspections on record for Publico Street Bistro, spanning February 2017 to November 2026 — every one straight from Boston Public Health Commission.
Its standing slipped since the previous visit — from passed to failed. A follow-up inspection usually rechecks the issues found.
The most recent inspection noted 6 violations, none of them critical.
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Inspection history
Nov 5, 2026
✕6 violations
- Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P)
- Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)
- In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C)
- Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
- Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C)
- Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C)
May 11, 2026
✓Jun 3, 2025
✓Jan 9, 2025
✓Dec 2, 2024
✓Aug 2, 2024
✓1 violation
- Outside Receptacles (C)
Jul 24, 2024
✕1 violation
- Outside Receptacles (C)
Jan 3, 2024
–Aug 9, 2023
✓Jan 18, 2023
–Jan 6, 2023
✓4 violations
- Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf)
- Thawing (C)
- Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C)
- Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf)
Dec 29, 2022
✕4 violations
- Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf)
- Thawing (C)
- Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C)
- Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf)
Mar 15, 2022
–Feb 10, 2022
✓10 violations
- Thawing (C)
- Warewashing Machines Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf)
- Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf)
- Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)
- Cleaning Agents and Sanitizers Availability (Pf)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf)
- Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf)
- Hand Drying Provision (Pf)
- Handwashing Signage (C)
Feb 2, 2022
✕10 violations
- Thawing (C)
- Warewashing Machines Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf)
- Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf)
- Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)
- Cleaning Agents and Sanitizers Availability (Pf)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf)
- Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf)
- Hand Drying Provision (Pf)
- Handwashing Signage (C)
Mar 12, 2021
✓3 violations
- Food Labels (C)
- (B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C)
- Handwashing Signage (C)
Nov 4, 2020
✓1 violation
- Wood Use Limitation (C)
Nov 5, 2019
✓1 violation
- Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C)
Oct 17, 2018
✓Dec 6, 2017
✓1 violation
- Non-Food Contact Surfaces
Oct 25, 2017
–Feb 22, 2017
✓
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