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Sweet Rice
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 24, 2026
- address695 Centre St, Jamaica Plain 02130
Is Sweet Rice clean?
Sweet Rice is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 24, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Sweet Rice?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Knife observed being stored in between coolers. Discontinue and store all utensils in a clean and protected manner.In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Knife observed being stored in between coolers. Discontinue and store all utensils in a clean and protected manner.
- ⚠️Food-Contact Surfaces-Cleanability (Pf) • Single use plastic container being used to dispense out of bulk food bins. Discontinue and use handled scoops to prevent contamination from hands.Food-Contact Surfaces-Cleanability (Pf) • Single use plastic container being used to dispense out of bulk food bins. Discontinue and use handled scoops to prevent contamination from hands.
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Card board being used to line several storage shelves. Discontinue and ensure all surfaces remain cleanable durable and smooth.Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Card board being used to line several storage shelves. Discontinue and ensure all surfaces remain cleanable durable and smooth.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Floor under the Wok station with excess greae build-up. Clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Floor under the Wok station with excess greae build-up. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Hood and Ventilation tags with a past expiration date. Address and provide up to date tags for the re-inspection. Hood Cleaning has been scheduled for 7/28/2026.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Hood and Ventilation tags with a past expiration date. Address and provide up to date tags for the re-inspection. Hood Cleaning has been scheduled for 7/28/2026.
When was Sweet Rice last inspected?
Sweet Rice has 49 inspections on record going back to May 13, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 24, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 13, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 11, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| October 14, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 6, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 26, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 20, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 11, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 12, 2025 | — | |
| February 5, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 16, 2024 | Fail |
Sweet Rice 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 13% 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 July 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.