Gene's Chinese Flatbread Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 12, 2026
• address86 Bedford St, Boston 02111

Is Gene's Chinese Flatbread Cafe clean?

Gene's Chinese Flatbread Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 12, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Gene's Chinese Flatbread Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Provide working internal thermometers in all the refrigeration units
  Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Provide working internal thermometers in all the refrigeration units
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the white dough press machine to remove soils
  Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the white dough press machine to remove soils
• ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • The handsink next to the prep sink is leaking from the drainpipe.Repair
  System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • The handsink next to the prep sink is leaking from the drainpipe.Repair
• ⚠️Backflow Prevention (P) • Provide an air gap at the basement prep sink.critical
  Backflow Prevention (P) • Provide an air gap at the basement prep sink.
• ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • Repair the hole in the corner of the wall next to the large chest freezer.
  Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • Repair the hole in the corner of the wall next to the large chest freezer.
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Repair the damaged ceiling tiles
  Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Repair the damaged ceiling tiles

When was Gene's Chinese Flatbread Cafe last inspected?

Gene's Chinese Flatbread Cafe has 45 inspections on record going back to June 21, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Gene's Chinese Flatbread Cafe vs Downtown

Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.

Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 10% of them.

Other spots in Downtown

• ✕ Crush Pizza
  mid · December 16, 2020
• ✓ Delight Corner
  clean · April 27, 2026
• ✓ Grass Roots Cafe
  clean · September 18, 2020
• ✓ G-Mart Supermarket
  clean · September 13, 2019
• ✕ Legal Crossing
  mid · September 9, 2020
• ✓ Charley's Philly Steak
  clean · March 9, 2026

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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 June 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.