• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 4, 2026 →
• address700 Commonwealth Av, Boston 02215

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Is Basho Express clean?

Basho Express is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 4, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Basho Express?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on March 4, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

Basho Express inspection and administrative history

Basho Express has 33 inspections on record going back to January 12, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Basho Express vs Fenway

Fenway runs 90% clean across 424 tracked restaurants — 374 clean, 21 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 424 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 March 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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