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Showa Womens Institution
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 1, 2025
- address414 Pond St, Jamaica Plain 02130
Is Showa Womens Institution clean?
Showa Womens Institution is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 1, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Showa Womens Institution?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • PIC will need to clean the hood filters and had the hood cleaned it expired in Sept 2025. PIC stated that it will be cleaned tomorrow.Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • PIC will need to clean the hood filters and had the hood cleaned it expired in Sept 2025. PIC stated that it will be cleaned tomorrow.
- ⚠️Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Hot Water Sanitization Temperatures (Pf) • At this time found high temperature dishwasher rinse at 202F It was 172F at the plate. PIC stated that a new dishwasher has been ordered. As long at it 160F at the plate you can use the dishwasher. Please see if it is a adjustment that you can do to the rinse temp to read properly.Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Hot Water Sanitization Temperatures (Pf) • At this time found high temperature dishwasher rinse at 202F It was 172F at the plate. PIC stated that a new dishwasher has been ordered. As long at it 160F at the plate you can use the dishwasher. Please see if it is a adjustment that you can do to the rinse temp to read properly.
When was Showa Womens Institution last inspected?
Showa Womens Institution has 58 inspections on record going back to November 2, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 9, 2025 | — | |
| October 1, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 17, 2025 | — | |
| June 13, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 2, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 19, 2024 | — | |
| June 13, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| September 13, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 30, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 20, 2022 | — | |
| October 11, 2022 | Fail |
Showa Womens Institution vs Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Plain runs 75% clean across 189 tracked restaurants — 136 clean, 21 mid, 24 cooked.
Against the 189 spots Cooked tracks in Jamaica Plain, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 October 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.