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Bangkok Bistro
- resultFail
- critical violations4
- last inspectedSeptember 28, 2012
- address1952 Beacon St, Brighton 02135
Is Bangkok Bistro clean?
Bangkok Bistro is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 28, 2012. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Bangkok Bistro?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 28, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Container Labels • Provide labels on all sauce containers.Food Container Labels • Provide labels on all sauce containers.
- ⚠️Cooling • Chicken being boiled then placed directly into 2 door deli cooler without being properly cooled. Discontinue and ensure proper cooling methods are in place. PUC removed chicken at time of inspection.criticalCooling • Chicken being boiled then placed directly into 2 door deli cooler without being properly cooled. Discontinue and ensure proper cooling methods are in place. PUC removed chicken at time of inspection.
- ⚠️Hot Holding • Cooked chicken wings being fried then left in basket at room temperature until an order has been placed. Discontinue and ensure all foods are maintained at over 140F.criticalHot Holding • Cooked chicken wings being fried then left in basket at room temperature until an order has been placed. Discontinue and ensure all foods are maintained at over 140F.
- ⚠️Food Protection • Peanut butter containers being re-used to store other food products. Discontinue and use food grade equipment.Food Protection • Peanut butter containers being re-used to store other food products. Discontinue and use food grade equipment.
- ⚠️Food Utensil Storage • Knives being stored in between deli cooler and preparation table. Discontinue and store clean and protected.Food Utensil Storage • Knives being stored in between deli cooler and preparation table. Discontinue and store clean and protected.
- ⚠️Adequate Handwashing/Where/When/How • Hot water at hand sink in kitchen turned off at time of inspection. Ensure hot water remains on at all times to provide for proper hand washing.criticalAdequate Handwashing/Where/When/How • Hot water at hand sink in kitchen turned off at time of inspection. Ensure hot water remains on at all times to provide for proper hand washing.
- ⚠️Good Hygienic Practices • Employee beverage being left on preparation table with no lid. Provide to ensure no contamination from open beverage.criticalGood Hygienic Practices • Employee beverage being left on preparation table with no lid. Provide to ensure no contamination from open beverage.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Card board being used inside of rerigeation units. Remove and ensure all surfaces are maintained cleanable durable and smooth.Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Card board being used inside of rerigeation units. Remove and ensure all surfaces are maintained cleanable durable and smooth.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Long cutting board on top of door deli cooler visibly soiled and soared. Clean to remove resurface or replace.Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Long cutting board on top of door deli cooler visibly soiled and soared. Clean to remove resurface or replace.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Lower shelf of 2 door cooler with excess water. Clean to removw and repair if necessary. Inteior of coffin style freezers with excess frost build up. Defrost and clean to remove.Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Lower shelf of 2 door cooler with excess water. Clean to removw and repair if necessary. Inteior of coffin style freezers with excess frost build up. Defrost and clean to remove.
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • Pipe under dump sink in dish room leaking. Repair.Installed and Maintained • Pipe under dump sink in dish room leaking. Repair.
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Evidence of fruit fly activity in kitchen area. Address and provide an up to date pest control report for the re-inspection.Insects Rodents Animals • Evidence of fruit fly activity in kitchen area. Address and provide an up to date pest control report for the re-inspection.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Floor near coffin style freezers in dis-repair. Address.Improper Maintenance of Floors • Floor near coffin style freezers in dis-repair. Address.
When was Bangkok Bistro last inspected?
Bangkok Bistro has 15 inspections on record going back to September 13, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| October 9, 2012 | — | |
| September 28, 2012 | Fail | |
| January 10, 2012 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2012 | Fail | |
| June 10, 2011 | Pass | |
| June 8, 2011 | Fail | |
| May 13, 2011 | Fail | |
| June 3, 2009 | Pass | |
| May 20, 2009 | Fail | |
| May 20, 2008 | — | |
| May 6, 2008 | Fail |
Bangkok Bistro vs Brighton
Brighton runs 83% clean across 486 tracked restaurants — 393 clean, 43 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 486 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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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.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 28, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.