• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 11, 2018 →
• address525 Washington St, Brighton 02135

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Is Hoshi Japanese Restaurant clean?

Hoshi Japanese Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 11, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Hoshi Japanese Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 11, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Wash Rinse Water Clean Proper Temperature.
• ⚠️Food Container Labels
• ⚠️Food Thermometers Provided
• ⚠️PHF's Properly Thawed
• ⚠️Three Compartment Sink
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage
• ⚠️Toilet Enclosed Clean
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings

Hoshi Japanese Restaurant inspection and administrative history

Hoshi Japanese Restaurant has 19 inspections on record going back to May 3, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Hoshi Japanese Restaurant 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 5% 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.

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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 October 11, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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