Ama

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 1, 2026 →
• address30 Western Av, Allston 02134

Is Ama clean?

Ama is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 1, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Ama?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C)
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)critical
• ⚠️Variance Requirement (Pf)
• ⚠️Consumption of Animal Foods that are Raw Undercooked or Not Otherwise Processed to Eliminate Pathogens (Pf)
• ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf)

When was Ama last inspected?

Ama has 3 inspections on record going back to January 15, 2026.

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Ama vs Allston

Allston runs 88% clean across 492 tracked restaurants — 414 clean, 34 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 492 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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 September 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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