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Blue Ribbon Sushi

Latest: PASS November 10, 2025

🍽️ Cuisine: Japanese

📍 Neighborhood: Fenway

🚇 Nearest Transit: Kenmore Square (Green Line)

Address
500A COMMONWEALTH AV
Boston, MA 02215
Inspection History
13 inspections
6 failures
License
License #455587
Last inspected: November 10, 2025

Inspection History (13 most recent)

PASS November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
3 violations
590.003(C)/3-301.11-P - Preventing Contamination from Hands (P): Observed food handler handling cucumbers with thier bare hands. Product removed from service. | 590.005/5-205.15-C - System Maintained in Good Repair (C): Pipe leaking under sink in ...
FAIL November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
3 violations
590.003(C)/3-301.11-P - Preventing Contamination from Hands (P): Observed food handler handling cucumbers with thier bare hands. Product removed from service. | 590.005/5-205.15-C - System Maintained in Good Repair (C): Pipe leaking under sink in ...
PASS May 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
5 violations
590.003/3-304.14-C - Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C): Observed a food employee moisten a wiping cloth in a dump sink and use to wipe a cutting board where raw sushi is being prepared. Store wiping cloths in sanitizing buckets with quats observed...
FAIL May 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
5 violations
590.003/3-304.14-C - Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C): Observed a food employee moisten a wiping cloth in a dump sink and use to wipe a cutting board where raw sushi is being prepared. Store wiping cloths in sanitizing buckets with quats observed...
PASS November 22, 2024 at 6:19 PM
3 violations
590.003(C)/3-301.11-P - Preventing Contamination from Hands (P): Food worker handling raw beef with bare hands. Corrected on site. Product to be cooked to kill step. | 590.004/4-301.11-PF - Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf): ...
FAIL November 15, 2024 at 6:48 PM
3 violations
590.003(C)/3-301.11-P - Preventing Contamination from Hands (P): Food worker handling raw beef with bare hands. Corrected on site. Product to be cooked to kill step. | 590.004/4-301.11-PF - Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf): ...
PASS March 28, 2024 at 5:32 PM
4 violations
590.002(B)/2-102.11-PF - (A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf): Food worker at sushi bar initially used the wrong test kit to check sushi rice. Corrected on site. Proper strips found rice tested at 4.0PH. Retrain staff working with sus...
FAIL March 20, 2024 at 5:39 PM
4 violations
590.002(B)/2-102.11-PF - (A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf): Food worker at sushi bar initially used the wrong test kit to check sushi rice. Corrected on site. Proper strips found rice tested at 4.0PH. Retrain staff working with sus...
PASS February 7, 2023 at 5:22 PM
0 violations
PASS December 5, 2022 at 4:17 PM
7 violations
590.002(B)/2-102.11-PF - (A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf): Priority violations noted on inspection report- Review with all staff | 590.003/3-302.12-C - Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C): Multiple conta...
FAIL November 28, 2022 at 6:36 PM
7 violations
590.002(B)/2-102.11-PF - (A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf): Priority violations noted on inspection report- Review with all staff | 590.003/3-302.12-C - Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C): Multiple conta...
PASS June 2, 2022 at 3:23 PM
1 violation
590.003/3-307.11-C - Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C): Hand sink set in the prep counter does not have splash guards
FAIL May 19, 2022 at 3:06 PM
1 violation
590.003/3-307.11-C - Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C): Hand sink set in the prep counter does not have splash guards
Data sourced directly from Boston Inspectional Services Department