• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 1, 2022 →
• address477 Cambridge St, Allston 02134

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Is Fomu clean?

Fomu is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 1, 2022. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Fomu?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 1, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf)
• ⚠️(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf)
• ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C)
• ⚠️Food Labels (Pf)
• ⚠️Sponges Use Limitation (C)
• ⚠️Covering Receptacles (C)
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf)
• ⚠️Storing Maintenance Tools (C)
• ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C)
• ⚠️Conditions of Use (Pf)
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
• ⚠️When to Wash (P)critical
• ⚠️(A) (B) and (D) Equipment Utensils Linens and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles Storing (C)
• ⚠️Toilet Room Receptacle Covered (C)
• ⚠️Toilet Rooms Enclosed (C)

Fomu inspection and administrative history

Fomu has 21 inspections on record going back to May 21, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Fomu vs Brighton

Brighton runs 85% clean across 480 tracked restaurants — 395 clean, 37 mid, 33 cooked.

Against the 480 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

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  clean · July 10, 2014
• ✓ Star Market No. 4572
  clean · February 4, 2021
• ✓ Marty's Big Buy
  clean · June 15, 2022
• ✕ General Nutrition Center No. 2269
  mid · March 20, 2018
• ✓ La Catrina
  clean · March 28, 2018

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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 August 1, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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