Brigham Circle Chinese Food is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 22, 2015. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Brigham Circle Chinese Food?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 22, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • keep all wiping cloths in sanitizer at all times
Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • keep all wiping cloths in sanitizer at all times
⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean can opener and blade
Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean can opener and blade
⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean tops of broiler and bar-b-que clean interior of reach-in chest (glass top)
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean tops of broiler and bar-b-que clean interior of reach-in chest (glass top)
⚠️Cross Connection Back Siphonage Backflow • provide a vacuum breaker for hose bib faucet on three compartment sink
Cross Connection Back Siphonage Backflow • provide a vacuum breaker for hose bib faucet on three compartment sink
⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • clean floor under behind and between all equipment and shelves through-out all prep areas all cooking areas warewashing area walk-in and basement area clean all mats by rear door
Improper Maintenance of Floors • clean floor under behind and between all equipment and shelves through-out all prep areas all cooking areas warewashing area walk-in and basement area clean all mats by rear door
⚠️PIC Performing Duties • pay for 2015 health permit - asap provide a food allergen certificate in jia xin qiu name - asapcritical
PIC Performing Duties • pay for 2015 health permit - asap provide a food allergen certificate in jia xin qiu name - asap
When was Brigham Circle Chinese Food last inspected?
Brigham Circle Chinese Food has 28 inspections on record going back to February 26, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
date
result
score
March 15, 2022
—
January 30, 2015
—
January 22, 2015
Fail
June 25, 2014
—
June 10, 2014
Fail
November 29, 2013
—
April 12, 2013
Pass
April 5, 2013
Fail
December 30, 2012
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December 26, 2012
Pass
December 12, 2012
Fail
December 4, 2012
Fail
Brigham Circle Chinese Food vs Mission Hill
Mission Hill runs 77% clean across 251 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 24 mid, 31 cooked.
Against the 251 spots Cooked tracks in Mission Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 7% of them.
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 January 22, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.