Cooked?China Pagoda Restaurant
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 30, 2014 →
- address1616 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02122
Is China Pagoda Restaurant clean?
China Pagoda Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 30, 2014. 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 China Pagoda Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 30, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Test Kit Provided
- ⚠️Food Container Labels
- ⚠️Cold Holdingcritical
- ⚠️Food Protection
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
- ⚠️Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
- ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded
- ⚠️Mop Sink not Provided
China Pagoda Restaurant inspection and administrative history
China Pagoda Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to December 23, 2013.
March 15, 2022 Inspection not required
This is an administrative record, not a health inspection.
View full inspection →May 8, 2014 Administrative record filed
This is an administrative record, not a health inspection.
View full inspection →April 30, 2014 Fail
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View full inspection →December 23, 2013 Pass
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View full inspection →China Pagoda Restaurant vs Dorchester
Dorchester runs 85% clean across 525 tracked restaurants — 429 clean, 33 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 525 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 30, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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