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Samurai Express
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 4, 2022
- address31 Saint James Av, Boston 02116
Is Samurai Express clean?
Samurai Express is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 4, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Samurai Express?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 4, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Exterior of rice bulk food container with soils- CleanNonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Exterior of rice bulk food container with soils- Clean
- ⚠️Conformance with Approved Procedures (Pf) • Lab report expired November 2021- Provide updated lab testing for acidified sushi riceConformance with Approved Procedures (Pf) • Lab report expired November 2021- Provide updated lab testing for acidified sushi rice
When was Samurai Express last inspected?
Samurai Express has 49 inspections on record going back to February 1, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| March 4, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 25, 2022 | Fail | |
| September 21, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 13, 2021 | Fail | |
| May 5, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 26, 2021 | Fail | |
| November 24, 2020 | Pass | |
| November 17, 2020 | Fail | |
| March 6, 2020 | — |
Samurai 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 March 4, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.