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Flames Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 5, 2025
- address746 Huntington Av, Mission Hill 02120
Is Flames Restaurant clean?
Flames Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 5, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Flames Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • 3 trays of mac & cheese prepped this morning per PIC observed without date marking. Provide made/discard date to all prepped foods before storing. Corrected on siteReady-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • 3 trays of mac & cheese prepped this morning per PIC observed without date marking. Provide made/discard date to all prepped foods before storing. Corrected on site
- ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood vent observed soiled. Clean to remove Hood sticker expires 8.29.25.Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood vent observed soiled. Clean to remove Hood sticker expires 8.29.25.
- ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Heating unit observed missing 3 heating bulbs. ProvideGood Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Heating unit observed missing 3 heating bulbs. Provide
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Floor throughout the basement area observed soiled from stagnant soiled water loose debris and dry encrusted debris floor under kitchen equipments in the kitchen area observed soiled from grease build up. Clean to removeFloors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Floor throughout the basement area observed soiled from stagnant soiled water loose debris and dry encrusted debris floor under kitchen equipments in the kitchen area observed soiled from grease build up. Clean to remove
- ⚠️Removing Dead or Trapped Birds Insects Rodents and other Pest (C) • Dead baby mice observed trap on glue trap. Clean to remove. PIC to provide current detailed IPM report from a licensed exterminator report via email to: [email protected]Removing Dead or Trapped Birds Insects Rodents and other Pest (C) • Dead baby mice observed trap on glue trap. Clean to remove. PIC to provide current detailed IPM report from a licensed exterminator report via email to: [email protected]
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Basement area observed missing ceiling tiles. Provide/ repairRepairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Basement area observed missing ceiling tiles. Provide/ repair
When was Flames Restaurant last inspected?
Flames Restaurant has 73 inspections on record going back to January 24, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 15, 2026 | — | |
| August 28, 2025 | — | |
| August 5, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 29, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 19, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 22, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 15, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 23, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 2, 2023 | Pass |
Flames Restaurant vs Mission Hill
Mission Hill runs 77% clean across 251 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 24 mid, 31 cooked.
Against the 251 spots Cooked tracks in Mission Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 August 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.