• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 7, 2011 →
• address169 Chestnut Hill Av, Brighton 02135

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Is Bocca Buona clean?

Bocca Buona is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 7, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Bocca Buona?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on September 7, 2011. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

Bocca Buona inspection and administrative history

Bocca Buona has 3 inspections on record going back to January 26, 2011.

Bocca Buona vs Brighton

Brighton runs 85% clean across 480 tracked restaurants — 395 clean, 37 mid, 33 cooked.

Against the 480 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 September 7, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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