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Boston restaurant inspection citations, week of Sep 7–Sep 13, 2026

In the week of September 7 to September 13, 2026, the inspection records published for Boston show 209 inspections of 203 food businesses. Here is how many of those inspections included at least one citation in each service category.

22
inspections with a pest-related citation
10.5% of inspections
20
inspections with a hood & exhaust citation
9.6% of inspections
26
inspections with a plumbing, drain & grease trap citation
12.4% of inspections
10
inspections with a food-safety certification & training citation
4.8% of inspections

Last 4 weeks

WeekInspectionsPestHood & exhaustPlumbing / drainFood-safety cert.
Aug 17–Aug 2331240263415
Aug 24–Aug 3029840304117
Aug 31–Sep 624630273610
Sep 7–Sep 1320922202610

By neighborhood (top 15), week of Sep 7

AreaInspectionsPestHood & exhaustPlumbing / drainFood-safety cert.
Boston9988144
Dorchester296601
East Boston221143
Roxbury173241
Allston92110
South Boston70010
Jamaica Plain60010
Hyde Park51000
West Roxbury50110
Mattapan31101
Mission Hill30000
Brighton20000
Roslindale10000
Unknown10000

How these numbers are made

We count inspections (one business on one date) that include at least one citation in a category. Categories are assigned by rules matched to each agency's violation codes and inspector comments; in our hand-checked samples the rules agreed with a human reviewer on at least 98% of citations per category (see method notes). A citation is what the inspector recorded on that day; many are corrected on the spot or by the re-inspection. Agencies post some records late, so recent weeks can go up when the data is refreshed. We don't list business names on these public pages.

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