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Kimchipapi Kitchen
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 4, 2025
- address81 Harvard Av, Allston 02134
Is Kimchipapi Kitchen clean?
Kimchipapi Kitchen is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 4, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Kimchipapi Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw shell eggs are stored directly above raw salmon that per PIC will not be cooked and are used in their sushi bowls. Store raw eggs below food items that will not be cooked.criticalPackaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw shell eggs are stored directly above raw salmon that per PIC will not be cooked and are used in their sushi bowls. Store raw eggs below food items that will not be cooked.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • In-use rice paddle is stored in water at 100F; in use utensils should be stored in water at or above 135F in cool running water or on a clean sanitized surface.In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • In-use rice paddle is stored in water at 100F; in use utensils should be stored in water at or above 135F in cool running water or on a clean sanitized surface.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Observed large dark rodent droppings in basement in area around water heater; clean and sanitize area of droppings and provide pest control report to [email protected] with a treatment before compliance inspection.Controlling Pests (Pf) • Observed large dark rodent droppings in basement in area around water heater; clean and sanitize area of droppings and provide pest control report to [email protected] with a treatment before compliance inspection.
- ⚠️Conformance with Approved Procedures (P) • Per location's HACCP plan for acidified rice the pH buffer solutions are expired; the person in charge was able to produce new unexpired buffer solution bottles and no daily log of pH meter testing was able to be produced when asked by the health inspector; location must conform and follow their approved HACCP plan.criticalConformance with Approved Procedures (P) • Per location's HACCP plan for acidified rice the pH buffer solutions are expired; the person in charge was able to produce new unexpired buffer solution bottles and no daily log of pH meter testing was able to be produced when asked by the health inspector; location must conform and follow their approved HACCP plan.
When was Kimchipapi Kitchen last inspected?
Kimchipapi Kitchen has 33 inspections on record going back to May 7, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 4, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 28, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 28, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 7, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 30, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| October 12, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 2, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — |
Kimchipapi Kitchen vs Allston
Allston runs 88% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 415 clean, 35 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 December 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.