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Chinatown Express
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 8, 2024
- address79 River St, Mattapan 02126
Is Chinatown Express clean?
Chinatown Express is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 8, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Chinatown Express?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 8, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Small rodent droppings noted near grease trap and on the bottom of a stainless steel shelf at the front / Remove and Maintain regular floor cleaning. Elite provides monthly exterminations move to bi-weekly indefinately. Provide at least 1 extermination service before complianceControlling Pests (Pf) • Small rodent droppings noted near grease trap and on the bottom of a stainless steel shelf at the front / Remove and Maintain regular floor cleaning. Elite provides monthly exterminations move to bi-weekly indefinately. Provide at least 1 extermination service before compliance
When was Chinatown Express last inspected?
Chinatown Express has 36 inspections on record going back to August 15, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| March 8, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 29, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 6, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| September 1, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 24, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 16, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 8, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| March 22, 2022 | Pass |
Chinatown Express vs Mattapan
Mattapan runs 77% clean across 299 tracked restaurants — 217 clean, 38 mid, 26 cooked.
Against the 299 spots Cooked tracks in Mattapan, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 March 8, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.