Umami Crudo

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 28, 2026 →
• address78 Salem St, Boston 02113

Is Umami Crudo clean?

Umami Crudo is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 28, 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 Umami Crudo?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf)
• ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P)critical
• ⚠️Variance Requirement (Pf)
• ⚠️Consumption of Animal Foods that are Raw Undercooked or Not Otherwise Processed to Eliminate Pathogens (Pf)
• ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C)
• ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C)
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Air Drying Location (C)
• ⚠️Toilet Room Receptacle Covered (C)
• ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C)

Umami Crudo inspection and administrative history

Umami Crudo has 7 inspections on record going back to November 10, 2025.

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Umami Crudo vs North End

North End runs 91% clean across 698 tracked restaurants — 578 clean, 33 mid, 26 cooked.

Against the 698 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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