Ikura

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 15, 2014
• address254 Newbury St, Boston 02116

Is Ikura clean?

Ikura is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 15, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Ikura?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 15, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Protection • Remove the pots of soil next to the knife rack. Sliced zucchini stored in water. Discontinue.
  Food Protection • Remove the pots of soil next to the knife rack. Sliced zucchini stored in water. Discontinue.
• ⚠️Food Utensil Storage • In use utensils for rice stored in stagnant water.Discontinue.Store in clean and sanitized surface. Remove the cups from the vinegar solutions and provide handled utensils stored above not in solution.
  Food Utensil Storage • In use utensils for rice stored in stagnant water.Discontinue.Store in clean and sanitized surface. Remove the cups from the vinegar solutions and provide handled utensils stored above not in solution.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Remove home style equipment with pitted surface. Provide only commercial grade equipment.
  Food Contact Surfaces Design • Remove home style equipment with pitted surface. Provide only commercial grade equipment.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • No separation between prep sink and dish machine.Provide.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • No separation between prep sink and dish machine.Provide.
• ⚠️Conformance w/ Approved Procedures • HACCP plan recipe for rice slurry not consistent with actual testing practices. PH documented once a day but more than one pot prepared. Document each pot. Review plan and follow procedures. Rice pH 3.8 OK. Other procedures for prep of rice and acidification OK.critical
  Conformance w/ Approved Procedures • HACCP plan recipe for rice slurry not consistent with actual testing practices. PH documented once a day but more than one pot prepared. Document each pot. Review plan and follow procedures. Rice pH 3.8 OK. Other procedures for prep of rice and acidification OK.

When was Ikura last inspected?

Ikura has 5 inspections on record going back to October 10, 2013.

Ikura vs Back Bay

Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.

Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 May 15, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.