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Boston Shawarma
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 17, 2010
- address315 Huntington Av, Boston 02115
Is Boston Shawarma clean?
Boston Shawarma is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 17, 2010. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Boston Shawarma?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 17, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Hot Holding • falafel 109 degrees/provide proper temperature of 140 degrees or abovecriticalHot Holding • falafel 109 degrees/provide proper temperature of 140 degrees or above
- ⚠️Food Thermometers Provided • provide metal stem cooks thermometerFood Thermometers Provided • provide metal stem cooks thermometer
- ⚠️Food Protection • walk in/store all foods 6 inches off floor walk in/remove foods from opened #10 cans provide proper documentation on cone size for shawarma properly store all opened bulk food bags in covered/labeled containersFood Protection • walk in/store all foods 6 inches off floor walk in/remove foods from opened #10 cans provide proper documentation on cone size for shawarma properly store all opened bulk food bags in covered/labeled containers
- ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • 3 bay/provide proper drain plugsDishwashng Facilities • 3 bay/provide proper drain plugs
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • front display case/provide accurate internal thermometer to register 41 degrees or belowEquipment Thermometers • front display case/provide accurate internal thermometer to register 41 degrees or below
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • empty drip tray in walk inInstalled and Maintained • empty drip tray in walk in
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • restroom/provide refill of paper towelsHand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • restroom/provide refill of paper towels
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • clean floor area under snapple reach in clean floor area under prep tables front line/clean floor area under and around all equipmentImproper Maintenance of Floors • clean floor area under snapple reach in clean floor area under prep tables front line/clean floor area under and around all equipment
- ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded • prep room/provide proper light shieldsFixture's not properly shielded • prep room/provide proper light shields
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • clean/organize storage roomPremises Maintained • clean/organize storage room
When was Boston Shawarma last inspected?
Boston Shawarma has 9 inspections on record going back to January 3, 2008.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| November 17, 2010 | Fail | |
| February 19, 2010 | Pass | |
| February 12, 2010 | Fail | |
| November 13, 2008 | Pass | |
| November 6, 2008 | Fail | |
| January 17, 2008 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2008 | Fail |
Boston Shawarma vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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 November 17, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.