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Lenox Sophia
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 22, 2025
- address87 A St, South Boston 02127
Is Lenox Sophia clean?
Lenox Sophia is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 22, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Lenox Sophia?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Assignment (Pf) • Noted CFPM expired in 2023 and allergen certificate also expired in 2023.RenewAssignment (Pf) • Noted CFPM expired in 2023 and allergen certificate also expired in 2023.Renew
- ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Remove the condensation pipe from the prep sinkMiscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Remove the condensation pipe from the prep sink
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Irreversible thermometer not turning on.RepairSanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Irreversible thermometer not turning on.Repair
When was Lenox Sophia last inspected?
Lenox Sophia has 11 inspections on record going back to December 27, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 15, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2023 | — | |
| March 15, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 8, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| November 10, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 3, 2022 | Fail | |
| December 28, 2021 | Pass | |
| December 27, 2021 | Fail |
Lenox Sophia vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 85% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 22 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 15% of them.
Other spots in Chinatown
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 October 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.