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Wagamama
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 2, 2021
- address100 Northern Av, Boston 02210
Is Wagamama clean?
Wagamama is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 2, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Wagamama?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 2, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Thawing (C) • Prep cooked stated that Reduced Oxygen Packed salmon is thawed overnight under refrigeration. Discontinue thawing salmon in plastic. Remove from plastic packaging prior to thawing.Thawing (C) • Prep cooked stated that Reduced Oxygen Packed salmon is thawed overnight under refrigeration. Discontinue thawing salmon in plastic. Remove from plastic packaging prior to thawing.
- ⚠️Consumption of Animal Foods that are Raw Undercooked or Not Otherwise Processed to Eliminate Pathogens (Pf) • Menu disclosure does not clearly indicate that tea-stained egg is undercooked. Also additional eggs are not indicated as cooked to order with an asterix.Consumption of Animal Foods that are Raw Undercooked or Not Otherwise Processed to Eliminate Pathogens (Pf) • Menu disclosure does not clearly indicate that tea-stained egg is undercooked. Also additional eggs are not indicated as cooked to order with an asterix.
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • No temperature measuring device for mechanical warewashing machines. Provice either thermal strips or an irreversible thermometer.Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • No temperature measuring device for mechanical warewashing machines. Provice either thermal strips or an irreversible thermometer.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior of ice machine with pink mold-like soils on ice chute. Clean and maintain.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior of ice machine with pink mold-like soils on ice chute. Clean and maintain.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Handles of defrost refrigerator heavily soiled. Clean and retrain staff to change gloves and wash hands to avoid cross contamination by touching soiled equipment.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Handles of defrost refrigerator heavily soiled. Clean and retrain staff to change gloves and wash hands to avoid cross contamination by touching soiled equipment.
When was Wagamama last inspected?
Wagamama has 10 inspections on record going back to July 25, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| December 2, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| June 2, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 26, 2021 | Fail | |
| January 15, 2020 | Pass | |
| September 20, 2019 | Pass | |
| September 10, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 18, 2018 | Pass | |
| July 25, 2017 | Pass |
Wagamama vs South Boston Waterfront
South Boston Waterfront runs 93% clean across 391 tracked restaurants — 333 clean, 15 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 391 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston Waterfront, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 2, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.