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Hills Deli
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 30, 2025
- address3696 Washington St, Jamaica Plain 02130
Is Hills Deli clean?
Hills Deli is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 30, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Hills Deli?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Floor throughout the facility (kitchen prep area warewashing dinning room) observed in need of deep cleaning. Provide cleaningFloors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Floor throughout the facility (kitchen prep area warewashing dinning room) observed in need of deep cleaning. Provide cleaning
- ⚠️Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Kitchen ceiling fan observed with dust build up. Clean to removeWalls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Kitchen ceiling fan observed with dust build up. Clean to remove
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (C) • Mice activity (droppings) observed on lower storage shelvings and floor in the dinning area. Clean to remove PIC to provide current IPM report from licenced exterminator to: [email protected]Controlling Pests (C) • Mice activity (droppings) observed on lower storage shelvings and floor in the dinning area. Clean to remove PIC to provide current IPM report from licenced exterminator to: [email protected]
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Basement area observed in need of cleaning/ organization. Clean and organizeMaintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Basement area observed in need of cleaning/ organization. Clean and organize
When was Hills Deli last inspected?
Hills Deli has 63 inspections on record going back to December 5, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 26, 2026 | — | |
| December 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 23, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 8, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 22, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 30, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 23, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 31, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 12, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 5, 2023 | Fail |
Hills Deli vs Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Plain runs 77% clean across 189 tracked restaurants — 139 clean, 22 mid, 20 cooked.
Against the 189 spots Cooked tracks in Jamaica Plain, 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 December 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.