• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 2, 2013 →
• address473 River St, Mattapan 02126

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Is Mama Ely's Soul Food Kitchen clean?

Mama Ely's Soul Food Kitchen is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 2, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Mama Ely's Soul Food Kitchen?

No failed findings were recorded. Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division marked 1 code check as passed on May 2, 2013.

Mama Ely's Soul Food Kitchen inspection and administrative history

Mama Ely's Soul Food Kitchen has 8 inspections on record going back to August 30, 2012.

Mama Ely's Soul Food Kitchen vs Mattapan

Mattapan runs 76% clean across 294 tracked restaurants — 211 clean, 40 mid, 25 cooked.

Against the 294 spots Cooked tracks in Mattapan, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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.

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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 May 2, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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