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The Real Deal
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 9, 2026
- address728 Centre St, Jamaica Plain 02130
Is The Real Deal clean?
The Real Deal is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 9, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Real Deal?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (C) • At the time of the re-inspection pest control reports were up to date. Reports were still indicating minimal catches. Address and at the time of the re-inspection management is to provide an additional pest control report reflecting no catches.Controlling Pests (C) • At the time of the re-inspection pest control reports were up to date. Reports were still indicating minimal catches. Address and at the time of the re-inspection management is to provide an additional pest control report reflecting no catches.
When was The Real Deal last inspected?
The Real Deal has 76 inspections on record going back to May 15, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 9, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 29, 2026 | — | |
| May 13, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 12, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 27, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 24, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 2, 2024 | — | |
| November 19, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| June 26, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 1, 2024 | Fail |
The Real Deal 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 June 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.