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Afc Zenshi @ Shaw's No. 602

health inspection result · Back Bay · Boston

clean

Looking clean.

The current published rating reads clean. Keep its inspection date in view.

  • resultPass
  • critical violations0
  • last inspectedApril 30, 2026 →
  • address53 Huntington Av, Boston 02116
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Is Afc Zenshi @ Shaw's No. 602 clean?

Afc Zenshi @ Shaw's No. 602 is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 30, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Afc Zenshi @ Shaw's No. 602?

No failed findings were recorded. Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division marked 3 code checks as passed on April 30, 2026.

Afc Zenshi @ Shaw's No. 602 inspection and administrative history

Afc Zenshi @ Shaw's No. 602 has 74 inspections on record going back to January 10, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.

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Back in the green.

The latest two displayed graded visits went from Fail on April 23, 2026 to Pass on April 30, 2026. Both visits are dated snapshots of the record.

History worth a look: 2 of these 11 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

April 30, 2026 Pass Retail Food · 0 failed findings

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April 23, 2026 Fail Retail Food · 3 failed findings

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January 9, 2026 Pass Retail Food · 0 failed findings

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September 5, 2025 Pass Retail Food · 0 failed findings

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August 27, 2025 Fail Retail Food · 3 failed findings

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January 22, 2025 Pass Retail Food · 0 failed findings

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August 16, 2024 Pass Retail Food · 0 failed findings

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August 9, 2024 Fail Retail Food · 1 failed finding

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April 12, 2024 Pass Retail Food · 0 failed findings

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April 5, 2024 Administrative hearing Retail Food · 1 failed finding

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March 28, 2024 Fail Retail Food · 1 failed finding

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November 14, 2023 Pass Retail Food · 0 failed findings

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Afc Zenshi @ Shaw's No. 602 vs Back Bay

Back Bay runs 81% clean across 505 tracked restaurants — 406 clean, 49 mid, 45 cooked.

Against the 505 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 18% of them.

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How Boston grades restaurants

Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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