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Soup Shack
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 14, 2026
- address779 Centre St, Jamaica Plain 02130
Is Soup Shack clean?
Soup Shack is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 14, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Soup Shack?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage Prohibited Areas (C) • Plastic container with vegetables observed being stored in the hand sink on the first floor. Discontinue and ensure food is beuing stored in a clean and protected manner.Food Storage Prohibited Areas (C) • Plastic container with vegetables observed being stored in the hand sink on the first floor. Discontinue and ensure food is beuing stored in a clean and protected manner.
- ⚠️Food-Contact Surfaces-Cleanability (Pf) • Plastic containers being used to dispense out of bulk food bins. Discontinue and use handled scoops to prevent contamination from hands.Food-Contact Surfaces-Cleanability (Pf) • Plastic containers being used to dispense out of bulk food bins. Discontinue and use handled scoops to prevent contamination from hands.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Fresh baby sprout inside of the flip top cooler with an elevated temperature of 49F. Address and ensure all TCS foods are being maintained at below 41F. All other foods isnide of the unit were at below 41F. • Lower shelf of the flip top cooler with excess moisture. Clean to remove. Unit was functioning properly at the time of the visit. Interior of 2 single door Avantco basement freezers visibly soiled and with food debris. Clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Fresh baby sprout inside of the flip top cooler with an elevated temperature of 49F. Address and ensure all TCS foods are being maintained at below 41F. All other foods isnide of the unit were at below 41F. • Lower shelf of the flip top cooler with excess moisture. Clean to remove. Unit was functioning properly at the time of the visit. Interior of 2 single door Avantco basement freezers visibly soiled and with food debris. Clean to remove.
When was Soup Shack last inspected?
Soup Shack has 35 inspections on record going back to June 13, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 28, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 17, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 9, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 2, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 8, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 25, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 13, 2023 | Pass |
Soup Shack vs Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Plain runs 77% clean across 189 tracked restaurants — 139 clean, 22 mid, 20 cooked.
Against the 189 spots Cooked tracks in Jamaica Plain, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 May 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.