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Burger King
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 4, 2012
- address280 W Broadway, South Boston 02127
Is Burger King clean?
Burger King is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 4, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Burger King?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 4, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • provide visible thermometers to all unitsEquipment Thermometers • provide visible thermometers to all units
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean backsplash at fry station of greaseNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean backsplash at fry station of grease
- ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded • provide light shieldsFixture's not properly shielded • provide light shields
When was Burger King last inspected?
Burger King has 17 inspections on record going back to February 28, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| October 4, 2012 | Pass | |
| September 27, 2012 | Fail | |
| May 9, 2012 | Pass | |
| May 1, 2012 | Fail | |
| October 28, 2011 | Pass | |
| October 13, 2011 | Fail | |
| April 15, 2011 | Pass | |
| March 31, 2011 | Fail | |
| October 1, 2010 | Pass | |
| September 17, 2010 | Fail | |
| December 14, 2009 | — |
Burger King vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 85% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 22 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 15% of them.
Other spots in Chinatown
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 October 4, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.