Sabina

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 23, 2026
• address253 Newbury St, Boston 02116

Is Sabina clean?

Sabina is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 23, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Sabina?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Preventing Contamination from Hands (P) • Observed an employee handling dehydrated orange slices for drinks with bare hands; retrain staff to wear single-use gloves when handling RTE foods; the person in charge had the employee wash their hands and don single-use gloves.critical
  Preventing Contamination from Hands (P) • Observed an employee handling dehydrated orange slices for drinks with bare hands; retrain staff to wear single-use gloves when handling RTE foods; the person in charge had the employee wash their hands and don single-use gloves.
• ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • In the area with the three compartment sink at the floor where the drain is it is covered by a wood panel; non-food contact surfaces should be cleanable durable nonporous.
  Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • In the area with the three compartment sink at the floor where the drain is it is covered by a wood panel; non-food contact surfaces should be cleanable durable nonporous.
• ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Location uses low temperature chemical warewashing machines using chlorine to sanitize but could not present a testing device for the chemical; provide.
  Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Location uses low temperature chemical warewashing machines using chlorine to sanitize but could not present a testing device for the chemical; provide.
• ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • There are no drain plugs or a way to fill the three compartment sink bains and keep then filled with solution; provide drain plugs.
  System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • There are no drain plugs or a way to fill the three compartment sink bains and keep then filled with solution; provide drain plugs.
• ⚠️Toilet Room Receptacle Covered (C) • Provide a covered waste receptacle in the bathroom for sanitary products.
  Toilet Room Receptacle Covered (C) • Provide a covered waste receptacle in the bathroom for sanitary products.

When was Sabina last inspected?

Sabina has 10 inspections on record going back to September 26, 2023.

Sabina 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 17% 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 July 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.