EF Boston School
200 LAKE ST, BRIGHTON, MA 02135
Last inspected Aug 7, 2026
Official source: Boston Public Health Commission (boston.gov) · All data sources
Failed. Did not meet health requirements at the latest inspection. Many failures are fixed and re-inspected within days — check the inspection date.
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CleanPlate holds 21 inspections on record for EF Boston School, spanning December 2021 to August 2026 — every one straight from Boston Public Health Commission.
It has held failed across its last two inspections.
The most recent inspection noted 1 violation, none of them critical.
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Inspection history
Aug 7, 2026
✕1 violation
- Backflow Prevention (P)
Jul 7, 2026
✕1 violation
- Backflow Prevention (P)
Jun 16, 2026
✕1 violation
- Backflow Prevention (P)
Sep 3, 2025
✓5 violations
- (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)
- Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C)
- (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Outer Openings Protected (C)
Aug 27, 2025
✕3 violations
- (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)
- (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
Mar 19, 2025
✓1 violation
- Outer Openings Protected (C)
Sep 30, 2024
✓6 violations
- Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C)
- Food Display-Preventing Contamination by Consumers (P)
- (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Hand Drying Provision (Pf)
- Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C)
Sep 23, 2024
✕6 violations
- Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C)
- Food Display-Preventing Contamination by Consumers (P)
- (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Hand Drying Provision (Pf)
- Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C)
Mar 13, 2024
✓1 violation
- Outer Openings Protected (C)
Jan 3, 2024
–Oct 5, 2023
✓8 violations
- When to Wash (P)
- (A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf)
- (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)
- Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf)
- (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
- Outer Openings Protected (C)
- Controlling Pests (Pf)
- Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C)
Sep 28, 2023
✕8 violations
- When to Wash (P)
- (A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf)
- (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)
- Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf)
- (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
- Outer Openings Protected (C)
- Controlling Pests (Pf)
- Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C)
Feb 14, 2023
✓4 violations
- (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf)
- Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
Feb 2, 2023
✕4 violations
- (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf)
- Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
Dec 27, 2022
✓4 violations
- Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C)
- Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf)
- Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf)
- Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C)
Dec 19, 2022
✕4 violations
- Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C)
- Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf)
- Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf)
- Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C)
Jun 13, 2022
✓8 violations
- (A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf)
- Food Display-Preventing Contamination by Consumers (P)
- (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)
- Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf)
- Warewashing Equipment Determining Chemical Sanitizer Concentration (Pf)
- System Maintained in Good Repair (C)
- Controlling Pests (Pf)
- Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
Jun 3, 2022
✕8 violations
- (A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf)
- Food Display-Preventing Contamination by Consumers (P)
- (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)
- Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf)
- Warewashing Equipment Determining Chemical Sanitizer Concentration (Pf)
- System Maintained in Good Repair (C)
- Controlling Pests (Pf)
- Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
Mar 7, 2022
✓2 violations
- Ventilation Hood Systems Drip Prevention (C)
- Anti-Choking
Dec 16, 2021
✕6 violations
- (A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf)
- Ventilation Hood Systems Drip Prevention (C)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Outer Openings Protected (C)
- Anti-Choking
- uspension of Permit with Notice (P)
Dec 10, 2021
✕5 violations
- (A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf)
- Ventilation Hood Systems Drip Prevention (C)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
- Outer Openings Protected (C)
- uspension of Permit with Notice (P)
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