Baanga

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 24, 2025
• address636 Beacon St, Boston 02215

Is Baanga clean?

Baanga is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 24, 2025. 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 Baanga?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(C)(2) (3) and (17) Demonstration (Pf) • On site PIC has no knowledge of employee illness policy. Retrain staff.
  (C)(2) (3) and (17) Demonstration (Pf) • On site PIC has no knowledge of employee illness policy. Retrain staff.
• ⚠️(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • Allergen certificate is expired. Provide current. Food Allergen Awareness Training. (a) Such food establishments shall have on staff a certified food protection manager who has been issued a Massachusetts certificate of allergen awareness training by an allergen awareness training verification program recognized by the Department. The certificate will be valid for five years. (b) The certified food protection manager shall: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of major food allergens by posting the Massachusetts food allergen awareness training certificate; and 2. Ensure that employees are properly trained in food allergy awareness as it relates to their assigned duties. https://www.mass.gov/lists/food-allergen-awareness-guidance
  (A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • Allergen certificate is expired. Provide current. Food Allergen Awareness Training. (a) Such food establishments shall have on staff a certified food protection manager who has been issued a Massachusetts certificate of allergen awareness training by an allergen awareness training verification program recognized by the Department. The certificate will be valid for five years. (b) The certified food protection manager shall: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of major food allergens by posting the Massachusetts food allergen awareness training certificate; and 2. Ensure that employees are properly trained in food allergy awareness as it relates to their assigned duties. https://www.mass.gov/lists/food-allergen-awareness-guidance
• ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw chicken stored above raw beef. Corrected on sitecritical
  Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw chicken stored above raw beef. Corrected on site
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Cooking utensils stored in standing water. Corrected on site.
  In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Cooking utensils stored in standing water. Corrected on site.
• ⚠️Removing Dead or Trapped Birds Insects Rodents and other Pest (C) • Dead flies on window sill in dining room. Clean and sanitize all affected areas. Provide updated IPM pest control report upon reinspection.
  Removing Dead or Trapped Birds Insects Rodents and other Pest (C) • Dead flies on window sill in dining room. Clean and sanitize all affected areas. Provide updated IPM pest control report upon reinspection.

When was Baanga last inspected?

Baanga has 15 inspections on record going back to May 4, 2022. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Baanga vs Fenway

Fenway runs 89% clean across 433 tracked restaurants — 379 clean, 23 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 433 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, 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.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.