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Double Chin
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 5, 2026
- address86 Harrison Av, Boston 02111
Is Double Chin clean?
Double Chin is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 5, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Double Chin?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior of dish machine soiled. Catch tray for dish machine with stagnant water and soils. Clean interior and exterior of dihs machine to prevent contamination.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior of dish machine soiled. Catch tray for dish machine with stagnant water and soils. Clean interior and exterior of dihs machine to prevent contamination.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Debris under shelves in basement. Clean to avoid attracting pests.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Debris under shelves in basement. Clean to avoid attracting pests.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Pipe next to dish machine leaks. Repair as needed.System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Pipe next to dish machine leaks. Repair as needed.
- ⚠️Removing Dead or Trapped Birds Insects Rodents and other Pest (C) • Fly strips with dead flies in basement prep area. Discard dead pests.Removing Dead or Trapped Birds Insects Rodents and other Pest (C) • Fly strips with dead flies in basement prep area. Discard dead pests.
When was Double Chin last inspected?
Double Chin has 33 inspections on record going back to January 27, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 5, 2026 | Pass | |
| December 29, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 14, 2025 | — | |
| June 17, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 27, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 20, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 6, 2024 | — | |
| January 30, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 12, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 21, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 14, 2023 | Fail | |
| April 18, 2023 | Pass |
Double Chin vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 85% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 22 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.