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Bbq Chicken
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 27, 2026
- address649 Centre St, Jamaica Plain 02130
Is Bbq Chicken clean?
Bbq Chicken is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 27, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Bbq Chicken?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Hood and Ventilation tags with a past expiration date from March 2026. Address and provide up to date tags for the re-inspection date.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Hood and Ventilation tags with a past expiration date from March 2026. Address and provide up to date tags for the re-inspection date.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (C) • Evidence of what appears to be rodent droppings in the basement storage area at the back of the walk-in cooler. Address clean to remove and provide an up to date pest control report for the re-inspection date specified.Controlling Pests (C) • Evidence of what appears to be rodent droppings in the basement storage area at the back of the walk-in cooler. Address clean to remove and provide an up to date pest control report for the re-inspection date specified.
When was Bbq Chicken last inspected?
Bbq Chicken has 9 inspections on record going back to July 23, 2024.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 27, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 10, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 20, 2025 | — | |
| June 12, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 7, 2025 | — | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| August 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 23, 2024 | Fail |
Bbq Chicken vs Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Plain runs 77% clean across 189 tracked restaurants — 139 clean, 22 mid, 20 cooked.
Against the 189 spots Cooked tracks in Jamaica Plain, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.