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Brighton Bodega
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 21, 2026
- address328 Washington St, Brighton 02135
Is Brighton Bodega clean?
Brighton Bodega is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 21, 2026. 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 Brighton Bodega?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf) • Observed multiple shellstock tags not filled out with last date used or sold in shellstock records container; retrain staff to fill out last date sold or used as soon as last unit is sold or used.Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf) • Observed multiple shellstock tags not filled out with last date used or sold in shellstock records container; retrain staff to fill out last date sold or used as soon as last unit is sold or used.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Observed containers filled with 70F water with in-use utensils stored inside; in-use utensils should be stored on a clean and sanitized surface in water 135F and above or in cool running water.In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Observed containers filled with 70F water with in-use utensils stored inside; in-use utensils should be stored on a clean and sanitized surface in water 135F and above or in cool running water.
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • At the middle sandwich cooler on the cookline observed multiple TCS foods 50F including guacamole fresh cheese in brine corn kernels; the person in charge states the foods had been brought up from the walk-in cooler at or around 4:30pm the person in charge elected to voluntarily discard all the elevated TCS foods and denature them with sanitizer and the action was witnessed by the health inspector; hold TCS foods at or below 41F.critical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • At the middle sandwich cooler on the cookline observed multiple TCS foods 50F including guacamole fresh cheese in brine corn kernels; the person in charge states the foods had been brought up from the walk-in cooler at or around 4:30pm the person in charge elected to voluntarily discard all the elevated TCS foods and denature them with sanitizer and the action was witnessed by the health inspector; hold TCS foods at or below 41F.
- ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Observed the interior of the deep fat fryer cabinets and the floors underneath them encrusted in grease and soils; clean and sanitize of soils and grease.(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Observed the interior of the deep fat fryer cabinets and the floors underneath them encrusted in grease and soils; clean and sanitize of soils and grease.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Observed the HVAC unit in the small closet next to the stairs leaking water onto the floor; repair or replace so that it does not leak water.System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Observed the HVAC unit in the small closet next to the stairs leaking water onto the floor; repair or replace so that it does not leak water.
- ⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C) • At the rear entrance the door sweep is damaged; repair or replace.Outer Openings Protected (C) • At the rear entrance the door sweep is damaged; repair or replace.
- ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • In the women's restroom provide handwashing signage.Handwashing Signage (C) • In the women's restroom provide handwashing signage.
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Observed water leaking onto the floor from the ceiling near table #37 in the main dining room; repair so water no longer leaks onto the floor.Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Observed water leaking onto the floor from the ceiling near table #37 in the main dining room; repair so water no longer leaks onto the floor.
When was Brighton Bodega last inspected?
Brighton Bodega has 20 inspections on record going back to June 15, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 21, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 7, 2025 | — | |
| September 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 10, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 4, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| December 12, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| November 9, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 2, 2022 | Fail | |
| September 14, 2022 | — |
Brighton Bodega vs Brighton
Brighton runs 82% clean across 486 tracked restaurants — 386 clean, 43 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 486 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.