• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMarch 24, 2017 →
• address537A Columbus Av, Roxbury 02118

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Is Emma's clean?

Emma's is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 24, 2017. 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 Emma's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 24, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Cold Holdingcritical
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
• ⚠️Equipment Thermometers
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
• ⚠️Location Accessiblecritical
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
• ⚠️PIC Performing Dutiescritical

Emma's inspection and administrative history

Emma's has 6 inspections on record going back to August 9, 2016.

Emma's vs South End

South End runs 83% clean across 677 tracked restaurants — 500 clean, 56 mid, 45 cooked.

Against the 677 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 1% of them.

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• ✕ Wine Riot South End
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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.

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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 24, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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