Nova Restaurant

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 12, 2026
• address131 Tremont St, Boston 02111

Is Nova Restaurant clean?

Nova Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 12, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Nova Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Backflow Prevention (P) • Provide an air gap at the 2 bay prep sinkcritical
  Backflow Prevention (P) • Provide an air gap at the 2 bay prep sink
• ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • Provide a ceiling in the basement prep location.
  Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • Provide a ceiling in the basement prep location.

When was Nova Restaurant last inspected?

Nova Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to February 17, 2026.

Nova Restaurant vs Downtown

Downtown runs 89% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 851 clean, 49 mid, 61 cooked.

Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 June 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.