• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 30, 2019 →
• address797 Massachusetts Av, Roxbury 02118

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Is Zc Boston clean?

Zc Boston is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 30, 2019. 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 Zc Boston?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 30, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf)
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C)
• ⚠️Thawing (C)
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)critical
• ⚠️Food Labels (C)
• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf)
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
• ⚠️Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C)
• ⚠️Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C)

Zc Boston inspection and administrative history

Zc Boston has 31 inspections on record going back to September 24, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Zc Boston vs South End

South End runs 83% clean across 677 tracked restaurants — 500 clean, 56 mid, 45 cooked.

Against the 677 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.

Other spots in South End

• ✕ Kmb(Test)
  mid · July 7, 2026
• ✕ Mr. G's Stuffin Muffin
  mid · March 28, 2013
• ✓ Wings Over Boston
  cooked · April 7, 2025
• ✓ The Kitchen
  clean · October 19, 2015
• ✓ Boma Restaurant & Bar
  clean · September 3, 2013
• ✓ Pizza Stop
  clean · March 11, 2013

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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 October 30, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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