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Formaggio Kitchen
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 20, 2026
- address268 Shawmut Av, Roxbury 02118
Is Formaggio Kitchen clean?
Formaggio Kitchen is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Formaggio Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention (P) • There are 2 prep sinks on site missing an air gap(basement upper cheese counter). Provide an air gapcriticalBackflow Prevention (P) • There are 2 prep sinks on site missing an air gap(basement upper cheese counter). Provide an air gap
When was Formaggio Kitchen last inspected?
Formaggio Kitchen has 12 inspections on record going back to January 18, 2023.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 20, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 19, 2025 | — | |
| August 4, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 28, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 6, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 8, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| June 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 21, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | Pass |
Formaggio Kitchen vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.