Mumbai Spice

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 20, 2025
• address251 Massachusetts Av, Boston 02115

Is Mumbai Spice clean?

Mumbai Spice is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 20, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Mumbai Spice?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Where to Wash (Pf) • Observed staff washing hand in three bay sink. train staff where to wash hand
  Where to Wash (Pf) • Observed staff washing hand in three bay sink. train staff where to wash hand
• ⚠️Eating Drinking or Using Tobacco (C) • Observed employee eating on the line.provide area where employee can eat their food
  Eating Drinking or Using Tobacco (C) • Observed employee eating on the line.provide area where employee can eat their food
• ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No procedure or clean up kit for vomit and diarrheah kit on site. provide
  Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No procedure or clean up kit for vomit and diarrheah kit on site. provide
• ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • PIC to train staff on violations noted on the inspection report and train staff on hand washing and where to wash
  (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • PIC to train staff on violations noted on the inspection report and train staff on hand washing and where to wash
• ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Storage all open boxes with beverage and food items bucket 6 inch of the floor
  Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Storage all open boxes with beverage and food items bucket 6 inch of the floor
• ⚠️Food Preparation (C) • discountinued use of cardbord to store food item provide commmercial container to store food
  Food Preparation (C) • discountinued use of cardbord to store food item provide commmercial container to store food
• ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Oberved ice machine in the back storage area not working. replace or remove.
  Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Oberved ice machine in the back storage area not working. replace or remove.
• ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Multiple containers of prep foods observed without date marking. Per PIC foods were prep yesterday and today.Provide made/discard date to all food prepped before storing in the refrigerator
  Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Multiple containers of prep foods observed without date marking. Per PIC foods were prep yesterday and today.Provide made/discard date to all food prepped before storing in the refrigerator
• ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • kitchen/clean floor area under around and behind all shelving reach in units to remove debris kitchen/clean walls to remove dust and debris hot line hood/clean interior of hood to remove grease build up/ Storage room clean floor area under all shelving Remove all debris and cardboard boxes from the floor organize the back with employee belongs. clean and organize repair all the gasket in the two door unit fridge
  Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • kitchen/clean floor area under around and behind all shelving reach in units to remove debris kitchen/clean walls to remove dust and debris hot line hood/clean interior of hood to remove grease build up/ Storage room clean floor area under all shelving Remove all debris and cardboard boxes from the floor organize the back with employee belongs. clean and organize repair all the gasket in the two door unit fridge
• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (Pf) • Multiple refrigerator unit observed without a conspiciuous thermometer. Provide a thermometer to all the refrigerator unit missing a thermometer
  Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (Pf) • Multiple refrigerator unit observed without a conspiciuous thermometer. Provide a thermometer to all the refrigerator unit missing a thermometer
• ⚠️Warewashing Machines Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • There is no irreversible thermometer for the low temp dishwasher available. Provide an irreversible thermometer (gauges were reading wash 120F and rinse 120F.
  Warewashing Machines Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • There is no irreversible thermometer for the low temp dishwasher available. Provide an irreversible thermometer (gauges were reading wash 120F and rinse 120F.
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • clean sanitize/replace worn white cutting boards clean and sanitize interior of ice machine to remove possible mold like substance clean and sanitize can opener blade to remove heavy soils clean and sanitize knives between use Knives in the knife block next to the prep sink stored with dried encrusted food debris. Clean to remove soils Interior of double door fridge observed soiled interior of the oven observed with heavy carbon build up . Clean to remove.
  (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • clean sanitize/replace worn white cutting boards clean and sanitize interior of ice machine to remove possible mold like substance clean and sanitize can opener blade to remove heavy soils clean and sanitize knives between use Knives in the knife block next to the prep sink stored with dried encrusted food debris. Clean to remove soils Interior of double door fridge observed soiled interior of the oven observed with heavy carbon build up . Clean to remove.
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Air Drying Location (C) • Observed wiping cloth bucket store on the floor inh the kitchen. storage all sanitizing bucket 6inch of the floor
  Wiping Cloths Air Drying Location (C) • Observed wiping cloth bucket store on the floor inh the kitchen. storage all sanitizing bucket 6inch of the floor
• ⚠️Covering Receptacles (C) • Provide tight cover to trash receptacles
  Covering Receptacles (C) • Provide tight cover to trash receptacles
• ⚠️Toilet Room Receptacle Covered (C) • provide cover waste receptacles to women restroom
  Toilet Room Receptacle Covered (C) • provide cover waste receptacles to women restroom
• ⚠️Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Seal the wall next to the hank sink in the kitchen clean the ceiling to remove debris
  Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Seal the wall next to the hank sink in the kitchen clean the ceiling to remove debris
• ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Kitchen oberved no paper towel at the two hand sink.provide
  Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Kitchen oberved no paper towel at the two hand sink.provide
• ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • Provide employee must wash hand signage in hand sink in the bar
  Handwashing Signage (C) • Provide employee must wash hand signage in hand sink in the bar
• ⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Bar clean the floor under the handwash sink to remove build up debris throughout the kitchen clean the floor to remove soils and debris
  Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Bar clean the floor under the handwash sink to remove build up debris throughout the kitchen clean the floor to remove soils and debris

When was Mumbai Spice last inspected?

Mumbai Spice has 8 inspections on record going back to January 5, 2024.

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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 0% 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 August 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.