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Spring Shabu-Shabu
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 17, 2026
- address304 Western Av, Brighton 02135
Is Spring Shabu-Shabu clean?
Spring Shabu-Shabu is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 17, 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 Spring Shabu-Shabu?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf) • Observed shellstock tags not filled out with last date used; retrain staff to fill out last date used on every shellstock tag and keep tags in chronological order of date used.Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf) • Observed shellstock tags not filled out with last date used; retrain staff to fill out last date used on every shellstock tag and keep tags in chronological order of date used.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Observed in-use utensils stored in 70F water in the customer self-service area; in-use utensils should be stored in water 135F and above on a clean and sanitized surface or in cool running water.In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Observed in-use utensils stored in 70F water in the customer self-service area; in-use utensils should be stored in water 135F and above on a clean and sanitized surface or in cool running water.
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • At the cold holding area of the self-service bar observed imitation crab meat at 52F cut bamboo shoots 55F kimchii 54F; the person in charge states the foods had been removed from the walk-in refrigerator at 7:00pm and directed staff to put ice on the foods and in trays under the foods and the foods were at 41F within 30 minutes; the person in charge will contact a repair person in the morning to have the cold holding units at the self-service bar repaired or replaced. Hold TCS foods at 41F or below.critical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • At the cold holding area of the self-service bar observed imitation crab meat at 52F cut bamboo shoots 55F kimchii 54F; the person in charge states the foods had been removed from the walk-in refrigerator at 7:00pm and directed staff to put ice on the foods and in trays under the foods and the foods were at 41F within 30 minutes; the person in charge will contact a repair person in the morning to have the cold holding units at the self-service bar repaired or replaced. Hold TCS foods at 41F or below.
- ⚠️Time as a Public Health Control ( Pf) • Observed the TPHC logs for foods at the self-service bar incomplete with missing discarded amounts of food and per the establishment's approved TPHC procedures I did not observe numbered trays to indicate when the trays were discarded and swapped for fresh foods.Time as a Public Health Control ( Pf) • Observed the TPHC logs for foods at the self-service bar incomplete with missing discarded amounts of food and per the establishment's approved TPHC procedures I did not observe numbered trays to indicate when the trays were discarded and swapped for fresh foods.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Observed the PSI gauge at the high temperature warewashing machine read 30 psi during rinse and settle at 40 psi after rinse and the gauge appears to be full of fluid; repair or replace the PSI gauge so that it reads at the recommended psi during the final rinse cycle.System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Observed the PSI gauge at the high temperature warewashing machine read 30 psi during rinse and settle at 40 psi after rinse and the gauge appears to be full of fluid; repair or replace the PSI gauge so that it reads at the recommended psi during the final rinse cycle.
- ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Observed the hood inspection stickers expired February 2026 with a inspection date of May 2026; have your approved hood cleaner provide updated hood inspection stickers with the correct expiration month.Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Observed the hood inspection stickers expired February 2026 with a inspection date of May 2026; have your approved hood cleaner provide updated hood inspection stickers with the correct expiration month.
When was Spring Shabu-Shabu last inspected?
Spring Shabu-Shabu has 23 inspections on record going back to July 28, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 17, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 26, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 21, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| February 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 2, 2024 | — | |
| September 6, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 22, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 10, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 28, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| March 2, 2022 | Pass |
Spring Shabu-Shabu 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 3% of them.
Other spots in Allston
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 July 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.