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Bab Alyemen
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 8, 2025
- address468 Commonwealth Av, Boston 02215
Is Bab Alyemen clean?
Bab Alyemen is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 8, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Bab Alyemen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Other Liquid Wastes and Rainwater (C) • Groundwater is making entry into basement area outide walkin coolers with puddling water. Clean and sanitize all affected areas make all necessary repairs to address.Other Liquid Wastes and Rainwater (C) • Groundwater is making entry into basement area outide walkin coolers with puddling water. Clean and sanitize all affected areas make all necessary repairs to address.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Numerous small and large flies observed throughout food preparation and storage areas. Clean and sanitize all affected areas. Provide an updated IPM pest control report upon reinspection.Controlling Pests (Pf) • Numerous small and large flies observed throughout food preparation and storage areas. Clean and sanitize all affected areas. Provide an updated IPM pest control report upon reinspection.
When was Bab Alyemen last inspected?
Bab Alyemen has 14 inspections on record going back to March 22, 2022. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 8, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 31, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 28, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 7, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 31, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| July 12, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 30, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| November 21, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 16, 2022 | Fail |
Bab Alyemen 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 11% 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 August 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.