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Cha Kung Fong
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 21, 2023
- address1 Nassau St, Boston 02111
Is Cha Kung Fong clean?
Cha Kung Fong is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 21, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cha Kung Fong?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 21, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interiors of both ice machines with pink mold-like substance. Clean and maintain.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interiors of both ice machines with pink mold-like substance. Clean and maintain.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Moisture and soils in cabinet under dump sink at service counter. Clean and monitor for possible leak.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Moisture and soils in cabinet under dump sink at service counter. Clean and monitor for possible leak.
- ⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C) • Door sweep on back door to trash hallway with sunshine visible. Replace door sweep to prevent pests from entering trash hallway.Outer Openings Protected (C) • Door sweep on back door to trash hallway with sunshine visible. Replace door sweep to prevent pests from entering trash hallway.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (C) • Mouse droppings in trash hallway. Clean and monitor for activity.Controlling Pests (C) • Mouse droppings in trash hallway. Clean and monitor for activity.
When was Cha Kung Fong last inspected?
Cha Kung Fong has 13 inspections on record going back to March 18, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| September 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 14, 2023 | Fail | |
| April 5, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 29, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 22, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| February 16, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 31, 2022 | Fail | |
| January 24, 2022 | Fail | |
| August 23, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 16, 2021 | Fail |
Cha Kung Fong 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.
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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 21, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.