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Shabu Zen Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 14, 2018
- address78 Brighton Av, Allston 02134
Is Shabu Zen Restaurant clean?
Shabu Zen Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 14, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Shabu Zen Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 14, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Container Labels • Bulk food containers missing labels. Provide.Food Container Labels • Bulk food containers missing labels. Provide.
- ⚠️Food Protection • Food product boxes stored on the floor inside the walk-in freezer and storage area. Elevate properly.Food Protection • Food product boxes stored on the floor inside the walk-in freezer and storage area. Elevate properly.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Employee at the bar states that he washes sanitizes and then rinse with water. Observed rinse bay used for washing. Wash rinse and sanitize properly (in this order).criticalFood Contact Surfaces Clean • Employee at the bar states that he washes sanitizes and then rinse with water. Observed rinse bay used for washing. Wash rinse and sanitize properly (in this order).
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Ice Machine interior soiled. Clean properly. Knifes stored soiled on magnetic strip. Clean properly.Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Ice Machine interior soiled. Clean properly. Knifes stored soiled on magnetic strip. Clean properly.
- ⚠️Location Accessible • Hand Sink at the bar used to stored in-use utensils/equipment. Discontinue use for hand washing only.criticalLocation Accessible • Hand Sink at the bar used to stored in-use utensils/equipment. Discontinue use for hand washing only.
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Hand Sink inside toilet missing soap. Provide. Hand Sink at the Bar missing soap. Provide.Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Hand Sink inside toilet missing soap. Provide. Hand Sink at the Bar missing soap. Provide.
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Trash dumpster overfilled. Remove trash.Insects Rodents Animals • Trash dumpster overfilled. Remove trash.
- ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • Retrain staff with regard to proper hand sink usage/washing and proper warewashing at three bay sink.criticalPIC Performing Duties • Retrain staff with regard to proper hand sink usage/washing and proper warewashing at three bay sink.
When was Shabu Zen Restaurant last inspected?
Shabu Zen Restaurant has 28 inspections on record going back to December 3, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| November 14, 2018 | Pass | |
| November 7, 2018 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2018 | — | |
| August 9, 2017 | — | |
| March 16, 2016 | — | |
| January 15, 2015 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2015 | Fail | |
| February 14, 2014 | Pass | |
| February 7, 2014 | Fail | |
| December 19, 2013 | Pass | |
| December 11, 2013 | Fail |
Shabu Zen Restaurant vs Allston
Allston runs 88% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 415 clean, 35 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, 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 November 14, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.