Shah's Halal Food

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 2, 2026 →
• address106 Cambridge St, Boston 02114

Is Shah's Halal Food clean?

Shah's Halal Food is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 2, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Shah's Halal Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 2, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)critical
• ⚠️Cleaning Agents and Sanitizers Availability (Pf)
• ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C)
• ⚠️Prohibitions (C)
• ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf)
• ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C)

When was Shah's Halal Food last inspected?

Shah's Halal Food has 3 inspections on record going back to May 15, 2026.

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Shah's Halal Food vs West End

West End runs 88% clean across 238 tracked restaurants — 206 clean, 15 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 238 spots Cooked tracks in West End, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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