Cheema's Supermarket-Brighton
562 CAMBRIDGE, BRIGHTON, MA 02135
Last inspected Mar 24, 2026
Official source: Boston Public Health Commission (boston.gov) · All data sources
Passed. Met health requirements at the latest inspection. Some health departments report pass/fail instead of letter grades.
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The record, in plain English
CleanPlate holds 25 inspections on record for Cheema's Supermarket-Brighton, spanning May 2019 to March 2026 — every one straight from Boston Public Health Commission.
The trend is positive: it improved from failed at the previous visit to passed now.
The most recent inspection noted 1 violation, none of them critical.
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Inspection history
Mar 24, 2026
✓1 violation
- System Maintained in Good Repair (C)
Feb 25, 2026
✕1 violation
- System Maintained in Good Repair (C)
Feb 18, 2026
✕1 violation
- System Maintained in Good Repair (C)
Sep 8, 2025
✓1 violation
- Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C)
Mar 26, 2025
✓Aug 28, 2024
✓5 violations
- Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P)
- Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
- Food Labels (Pf)
- Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C)
- Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C)
Aug 21, 2024
✕5 violations
- Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P)
- Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
- Food Labels (Pf)
- Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C)
- Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C)
May 16, 2024
✓1 violation
- Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C)
Dec 20, 2023
✓1 violation
- Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
Jun 7, 2023
✓Jan 18, 2023
–Nov 16, 2022
✓1 violation
- Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
Mar 15, 2022
✓6 violations
- Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C)
- Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
- Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)
- (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
Mar 8, 2022
✕6 violations
- Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C)
- Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
- Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)
- (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
Oct 28, 2021
✓3 violations
- Food Labels (Pf)
- Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
- Hand Drying Provision (Pf)
Oct 21, 2021
✕3 violations
- Food Labels (Pf)
- Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
- Hand Drying Provision (Pf)
May 18, 2021
✓4 violations
- Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
- Warewashing Machine Data Plate Operation Specifications (C)
- Cutting Surfaces (C)
- Hand Drying Provision (Pf)
May 11, 2021
✕4 violations
- Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
- Warewashing Machine Data Plate Operation Specifications (C)
- Cutting Surfaces (C)
- Hand Drying Provision (Pf)
Jan 13, 2021
✓3 violations
- Cutting Surfaces (C)
- Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
- Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
Jan 6, 2021
✕3 violations
- Cutting Surfaces (C)
- Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
- Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
Aug 31, 2020
✓4 violations
- Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C)
- Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
- Outside Receptacles (C)
- Hand Drying Provision (Pf)
Aug 24, 2020
✕4 violations
- Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C)
- Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
- Outside Receptacles (C)
- Hand Drying Provision (Pf)
Feb 12, 2020
✓6 violations
- Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf)
- Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C)
- Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
- Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)
- Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P)
- Cutting Surfaces (C)
Feb 4, 2020
✕6 violations
- Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf)
- Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C)
- Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
- Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)
- Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P)
- Cutting Surfaces (C)
May 15, 2019
✓3 violations
- Food Protection
- Food Contact Surfaces Design
- Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
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