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Chinatown Cafe
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 29, 2010
- address262 Harrison Av, Boston 02111
Is Chinatown Cafe clean?
Chinatown Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 29, 2010. 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 Chinatown Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 29, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Remove tin foil where necessary.Provide signs for 3 bay sink.Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Remove tin foil where necessary.Provide signs for 3 bay sink.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Keep wiping cloths in sanitizerWiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Keep wiping cloths in sanitizer
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Provide hand wash sign for restroomHand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Provide hand wash sign for restroom
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean cooking vent hood.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean cooking vent hood.
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • Remove all unnecessary cardboard.Premises Maintained • Remove all unnecessary cardboard.
- ⚠️Conformance w/ Approved Procedures • Update log books.criticalConformance w/ Approved Procedures • Update log books.
When was Chinatown Cafe last inspected?
Chinatown Cafe has 15 inspections on record going back to August 23, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 8, 2010 | — | |
| September 29, 2010 | Fail | |
| April 26, 2010 | Pass | |
| April 20, 2010 | Fail | |
| October 6, 2009 | Pass | |
| September 25, 2009 | Fail | |
| April 30, 2009 | Pass | |
| September 11, 2008 | — | |
| September 2, 2008 | Fail | |
| May 22, 2008 | Pass | |
| May 9, 2008 | Fail | |
| November 16, 2007 | Pass |
Chinatown Cafe 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 6% 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 29, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.