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Osaka Express
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 23, 2016
- address8 Park Pz, Boston 02116
Is Osaka Express clean?
Osaka Express is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 23, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Osaka Express?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 23, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Protection • Properly cover all items in walk in refrigeration unit.Food Protection • Properly cover all items in walk in refrigeration unit.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean interior of true upright reach in freezer.Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean interior of true upright reach in freezer.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean under and around front grill area and adjacent walls to remove grease build up.Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean under and around front grill area and adjacent walls to remove grease build up.
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • Properly secure all CO2 tanks.PIC corrected during inspection.Premises Maintained • Properly secure all CO2 tanks.PIC corrected during inspection.
- ⚠️Conformance w/ Approved Procedures • Provide up to date lab test for Sushi Rice.criticalConformance w/ Approved Procedures • Provide up to date lab test for Sushi Rice.
When was Osaka Express last inspected?
Osaka Express has 37 inspections on record going back to March 24, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 12, 2017 | — | |
| January 26, 2017 | — | |
| August 23, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 16, 2016 | Fail | |
| February 10, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 29, 2016 | Fail | |
| September 10, 2015 | Pass | |
| September 3, 2015 | Fail | |
| April 9, 2015 | — | |
| April 2, 2015 | Fail | |
| March 26, 2015 | Fail | |
| December 9, 2014 | Pass |
Osaka Express vs Bay Village
Bay Village runs 88% clean across 350 tracked restaurants — 292 clean, 16 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 350 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Village, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 23, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.