• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 20, 2026 →
• address493 Massachusetts Av, Roxbury 02118

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Is Ilona clean?

Ilona is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 20, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Ilona?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)
• ⚠️Backflow Prevention (P)critical
• ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C)
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (C)

Ilona inspection and administrative history

Ilona has 21 inspections on record going back to June 14, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Ilona vs South End

South End runs 83% clean across 677 tracked restaurants — 500 clean, 56 mid, 45 cooked.

Against the 677 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 7% of them.

Other spots in South End

• ✓ Global Newsstand
  clean · January 31, 2019
• ✓ 110 Grill
  clean · July 10, 2026
• ✓ Chilacates
  clean · January 22, 2026
• ✓ Totto Ramen
  clean · April 7, 2026
• ✕ The Westland
  cooked · June 12, 2026
• ✓ Boston Medical Center
  clean · May 15, 2026

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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 January 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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