Home Best

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 4, 2026
• address154 Brighton Av, Allston 02134

Is Home Best clean?

Home Best is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 4, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Home Best?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Several boxes with food products stored on the floor at lower level. Elevate properly.
  Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Several boxes with food products stored on the floor at lower level. Elevate properly.
• ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Handsink in toilet without paper towels. Provide.
  Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Handsink in toilet without paper towels. Provide.

When was Home Best last inspected?

Home Best has 5 inspections on record going back to February 4, 2025.

Home Best vs Allston

Allston runs 88% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 415 clean, 35 mid, 23 cooked.

Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 February 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.