Lenox Sophia

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 1, 2026 →
• address87 A St, South Boston 02127

Is Lenox Sophia clean?

Lenox Sophia is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 1, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Lenox Sophia?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C)

Lenox Sophia inspection and administrative history

Lenox Sophia has 13 inspections on record going back to December 27, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Lenox Sophia vs Chinatown

Chinatown runs 86% clean across 297 tracked restaurants — 245 clean, 22 mid, 19 cooked.

Against the 297 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.

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  clean · February 27, 2026
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• ✓ Lulu Green Cafe
  clean · January 30, 2026
• ✓ Cha Kung Fong
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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 September 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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