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Hoshi Ya
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 5, 2025
- address529 Washington St, Brighton 02135
Is Hoshi Ya clean?
Hoshi Ya is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 5, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Hoshi Ya?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Rice spoon in 55F water. Store spoon clena and dry or in water over 135F.In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Rice spoon in 55F water. Store spoon clena and dry or in water over 135F.
- ⚠️Sponges Use Limitation (C) • Sponge observed at warewashing. Discard sponges and discontinue using to clean food contact surfaces.Sponges Use Limitation (C) • Sponge observed at warewashing. Discard sponges and discontinue using to clean food contact surfaces.
- ⚠️Conformance with Approved Procedures (Pf) • Fish purveyor letter and rice lab test expired. Provide updated records for HACCP.Conformance with Approved Procedures (Pf) • Fish purveyor letter and rice lab test expired. Provide updated records for HACCP.
When was Hoshi Ya last inspected?
Hoshi Ya has 22 inspections on record going back to January 25, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 19, 2025 | — | |
| February 19, 2025 | — | |
| February 5, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 1, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 25, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 12, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| December 29, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| December 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 13, 2022 | Fail |
Hoshi Ya vs Brighton
Brighton runs 83% clean across 486 tracked restaurants — 393 clean, 43 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 486 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.