Cooked?
Baleia
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 7, 2026
- address264 E Berkeley St, Roxbury 02118
Is Baleia clean?
Baleia is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 7, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Baleia?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on July 7, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Baleia last inspected?
Baleia has 4 inspections on record going back to February 20, 2024.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 7, 2026 | Pass | |
| October 29, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| February 20, 2024 | — |
Baleia vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 85% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 22 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.