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Kaze Shabu Shabu
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 19, 2026
- address41 Essex St, Boston 02111
Is Kaze Shabu Shabu clean?
Kaze Shabu Shabu is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 19, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Kaze Shabu Shabu?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 19, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) and (C) Good Repair and Calibration-Utensils and Temperature and Pressure Measuring Devices (C) • The high temp dish machine guages are not operating.Repair Upon re-inspection The rinse guage was reading 205F PIC calling company to adjust (Guages were replaced)(A) and (C) Good Repair and Calibration-Utensils and Temperature and Pressure Measuring Devices (C) • The high temp dish machine guages are not operating.Repair Upon re-inspection The rinse guage was reading 205F PIC calling company to adjust (Guages were replaced)
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention (P) • Provide air gaps at the 2 bay prep sinks.criticalBackflow Prevention (P) • Provide air gaps at the 2 bay prep sinks.
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Repair the door sweep at the front doorRepairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Repair the door sweep at the front door
- ⚠️Provide a choke safe employee on site.Provide a choke safe employee on site.
When was Kaze Shabu Shabu last inspected?
Kaze Shabu Shabu has 92 inspections on record going back to September 28, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 19, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 11, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 2, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 19, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 12, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 10, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| October 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 4, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 14, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 8, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 17, 2025 | Fail |
Kaze Shabu Shabu vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 March 19, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.