• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMarch 4, 2008 →
• address2253 Washington, Roxbury 02119

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Is East @ West clean?

East @ West is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 4, 2008. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at East @ West?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 4, 2008, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Container Labels
• ⚠️Hot Holdingcritical
• ⚠️Separation Segregation Cross Contaminationcritical
• ⚠️Food Protection
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
• ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities
• ⚠️Equipment Thermometers
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Cleancritical
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
• ⚠️Rooms and Equipment Vented
• ⚠️Premises Maintained

East @ West inspection and administrative history

East @ West has 3 inspections on record going back to December 26, 2007.

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 March 4, 2008. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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