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Mumbai Spice
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 5, 2023
- address251 Massachusetts Av, Boston 02115
Is Mumbai Spice clean?
Mumbai Spice is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 5, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Mumbai Spice?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 5, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • Posted certified food managers certificate observed expired.Provide full time employee with current certificate.(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • Posted certified food managers certificate observed expired.Provide full time employee with current certificate.
- ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood filters above the cook line observed with soils/grease.Clean to remove soils.Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood filters above the cook line observed with soils/grease.Clean to remove soils.
- ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (Pf) • Low temp dish machine not reading chlorine sanitizer.Repair Maintain sanitizer 50PPM or per manufactures instructions. PIC to utilize the 3 bay sink for warewashingManual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (Pf) • Low temp dish machine not reading chlorine sanitizer.Repair Maintain sanitizer 50PPM or per manufactures instructions. PIC to utilize the 3 bay sink for warewashing
- ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Clean the equipment next to the bar ice machine to remove soils & stickey syrup. Clean the rear prep station equipment to remove food soils.(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Clean the equipment next to the bar ice machine to remove soils & stickey syrup. Clean the rear prep station equipment to remove food soils.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Clean the interior of the small bar ice machine to remove soils.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Clean the interior of the small bar ice machine to remove soils.
- ⚠️Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Clean the walls & attached equipment to remove soils.-prep stationWalls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Clean the walls & attached equipment to remove soils.-prep station
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Fruit/drain flies observed at the bar next to the ice machine.Provide full pest report upon re-inspection. Clean/sanitize affected locationControlling Pests (Pf) • Fruit/drain flies observed at the bar next to the ice machine.Provide full pest report upon re-inspection. Clean/sanitize affected location
When was Mumbai Spice last inspected?
Mumbai Spice has 37 inspections on record going back to November 20, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| May 5, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 28, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| September 30, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 9, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| January 12, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 4, 2022 | Fail | |
| September 22, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 15, 2021 | Fail |
Mumbai Spice vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 May 5, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.