Cooked?
Commonwealth Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 28, 2026
- address1092 Commonwealth Av, Boston 02446
Is Commonwealth Market clean?
Commonwealth Market is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 28, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Commonwealth Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Plastic draining pipe from the refrigerating unit draining in the toilet handsink. Remove plumb properly.Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Plastic draining pipe from the refrigerating unit draining in the toilet handsink. Remove plumb properly.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Hot water faucet in toilet handsink not working/out of order. Repair.System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Hot water faucet in toilet handsink not working/out of order. Repair.
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Handsink in toilet without paper towels. Provide.Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Handsink in toilet without paper towels. Provide.
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Large amount of not in use items/equipment piled up in the basement area. Remove.Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Large amount of not in use items/equipment piled up in the basement area. Remove.
When was Commonwealth Market last inspected?
Commonwealth Market has 4 inspections on record going back to February 24, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 28, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 14, 2026 | Fail | |
| August 5, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 24, 2025 | Pass |
Commonwealth Market vs Allston
Allston runs 88% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 415 clean, 35 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 January 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.