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Balance Patch
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 21, 2026
- address1031 Commonwealth Av, Boston 02134
Is Balance Patch clean?
Balance Patch is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Balance Patch?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • M 590.011 No allergen awareness certificate for the CFPM. Provide.(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • M 590.011 No allergen awareness certificate for the CFPM. Provide.
- ⚠️Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf) • Flip top refrigerator is down. Make all necessary repairs. Two additional reach in coolers available holding at below 41F.Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf) • Flip top refrigerator is down. Make all necessary repairs. Two additional reach in coolers available holding at below 41F.
- ⚠️Warewashing Machines Manufacturers’ Operating Instructions (C) • Dish machine is inoperable. Repair. Alternative means to wash equipment at three bay sink with quats sanitizer.Warewashing Machines Manufacturers’ Operating Instructions (C) • Dish machine is inoperable. Repair. Alternative means to wash equipment at three bay sink with quats sanitizer.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean wall in back kitchen of visible soils clean floors under equipment.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean wall in back kitchen of visible soils clean floors under equipment.
- ⚠️Anti-Choking • No choke save certificate. Provide. Anti-choking Procedures in Food Service Establishments. (1) Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 94 § 305D restaurants with a certain seating capacity are required to have one or more employees trained in a manual choke-saving procedure in accordance with 105 CMR 605.000: Approved Choke-saving Procedures. (2) Each food service establishment with a seating capacity that conforms with M.G.L. c. 94 § 305D shall: (a) Have on its premises while food is being served an employee trained in manual procedures approved by the Department to remove food lodged in a person's throat; and (b) Make adequate provision for insurance to cover employees trained in rendering such assistanceAnti-Choking • No choke save certificate. Provide. Anti-choking Procedures in Food Service Establishments. (1) Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 94 § 305D restaurants with a certain seating capacity are required to have one or more employees trained in a manual choke-saving procedure in accordance with 105 CMR 605.000: Approved Choke-saving Procedures. (2) Each food service establishment with a seating capacity that conforms with M.G.L. c. 94 § 305D shall: (a) Have on its premises while food is being served an employee trained in manual procedures approved by the Department to remove food lodged in a person's throat; and (b) Make adequate provision for insurance to cover employees trained in rendering such assistance
When was Balance Patch last inspected?
Balance Patch has 16 inspections on record going back to August 25, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 21, 2026 | Pass | |
| July 14, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 7, 2025 | — | |
| October 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| March 24, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 10, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| February 18, 2022 | — | |
| October 15, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 23, 2020 | Pass |
Balance Patch vs Allston
Allston runs 88% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 415 clean, 35 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 July 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.