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Yamato Japanese Cuisine
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 22, 2026
- address111 Chiswick Rd, Brighton 02135
Is Yamato Japanese Cuisine clean?
Yamato Japanese Cuisine is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 22, 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 Yamato Japanese Cuisine?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Several bulk food containers at lower level without labels. Provide.Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Several bulk food containers at lower level without labels. Provide.
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Observed eggs placed directly above veggetables inside the walk-in unit. Separate properly.Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Observed eggs placed directly above veggetables inside the walk-in unit. Separate properly.
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Both sushi bar display refrigerating units without interior thermometers. Provide.Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Both sushi bar display refrigerating units without interior thermometers. Provide.
- ⚠️Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C) • Part of ceiling tiles damaged at lower level. Replace.Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C) • Part of ceiling tiles damaged at lower level. Replace.
- ⚠️Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf) • Handsink at lower level without soap. provide.Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf) • Handsink at lower level without soap. provide.
- ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood Vent sticker expired. Provide a current one.Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood Vent sticker expired. Provide a current one.
- ⚠️Conformance with Approved Procedures (P) • The ph logs not mantained/ updated for the last 2 weeks. Mantain daily as required.criticalConformance with Approved Procedures (P) • The ph logs not mantained/ updated for the last 2 weeks. Mantain daily as required.
When was Yamato Japanese Cuisine last inspected?
Yamato Japanese Cuisine has 99 inspections on record going back to January 20, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 22, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 25, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 18, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 9, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 26, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 20, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 20, 2025 | — | |
| January 17, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 10, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 8, 2024 | — | |
| July 31, 2024 | Fail |
Yamato Japanese Cuisine vs Brighton
Brighton runs 83% clean across 486 tracked restaurants — 393 clean, 43 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 486 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.