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Boston Chowda Co.
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 8, 2015
- address800 Boylston St, Boston 02199
Is Boston Chowda Co. clean?
Boston Chowda Co. is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 8, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Boston Chowda Co.?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 8, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Protection • wrapped sandwiches made and stored in display case at an internal temperature of 48 degrees at time of inspection must be cooledcto 41 degrees or below before service/items removed by manager and placed in reach in 2 door sandwich unit/remove all cardboard boxes for storageFood Protection • wrapped sandwiches made and stored in display case at an internal temperature of 48 degrees at time of inspection must be cooledcto 41 degrees or below before service/items removed by manager and placed in reach in 2 door sandwich unit/remove all cardboard boxes for storage
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • front line/resurface worn black shelvingNon-Food Contact Surfaces • front line/resurface worn black shelving
- ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • 3 bay sink/provide 3rd drain plugDishwashng Facilities • 3 bay sink/provide 3rd drain plug
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • front handsink/repair foot pedals and loose sinkInstalled and Maintained • front handsink/repair foot pedals and loose sink
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • storage room/remove evidence of rodent droppings from floor area under shelvingInsects Rodents Animals • storage room/remove evidence of rodent droppings from floor area under shelving
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • rear kitchen/replace damaged wall coving clean all light shields storage room/repair hole in wall behind doorImproper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • rear kitchen/replace damaged wall coving clean all light shields storage room/repair hole in wall behind door
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • provide proper storage of mopPremises Maintained • provide proper storage of mop
When was Boston Chowda Co. last inspected?
Boston Chowda Co. has 31 inspections on record going back to September 4, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| May 8, 2015 | Pass | |
| May 1, 2015 | Fail | |
| October 20, 2014 | Pass | |
| October 3, 2014 | Fail | |
| April 2, 2014 | — | |
| March 26, 2014 | Fail | |
| October 15, 2013 | Pass | |
| October 8, 2013 | Fail | |
| March 19, 2013 | Pass | |
| December 30, 2012 | — |
Boston Chowda Co. vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 May 8, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.