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Ali Baba
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 1, 2026
- address99A Cambridge St, Charlestown 02129
Is Ali Baba clean?
Ali Baba is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 1, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Ali Baba?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention Device Location (C) • Air Gap was installed PIC to provide permit# from Inspectional Services Plumbing Division Additionally a final approval from the plumbing inspector is required before a reinspection may be scheduledBackflow Prevention Device Location (C) • Air Gap was installed PIC to provide permit# from Inspectional Services Plumbing Division Additionally a final approval from the plumbing inspector is required before a reinspection may be scheduled
When was Ali Baba last inspected?
Ali Baba has 20 inspections on record going back to February 11, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 17, 2026 | — | |
| June 1, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 15, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 7, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 5, 2025 | — | |
| July 31, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 12, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| September 13, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 11, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 30, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 13, 2022 | Pass |
Ali Baba vs Charlestown
Charlestown runs 92% clean across 198 tracked restaurants — 178 clean, 7 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 198 spots Cooked tracks in Charlestown, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated June 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.