Chulo

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 16, 2024
• address350 Longwood Av, Boston 02115

Is Chulo clean?

Chulo is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 16, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Chulo?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 16, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No written instructions and kit is does not contain multiple required items Information provided via email at time of inspection
  Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • No written instructions and kit is does not contain multiple required items Information provided via email at time of inspection
• ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • Multiple Prority Priority Foundation and core violations noted on inspection
  (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • Multiple Prority Priority Foundation and core violations noted on inspection
• ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Using all three bays of sink for food prep Install food prep sink or provide written standard operating procedures for all food washing prep
  Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Using all three bays of sink for food prep Install food prep sink or provide written standard operating procedures for all food washing prep
• ⚠️Food Labels (C) • Food containers not labeled with common name
  Food Labels (C) • Food containers not labeled with common name
• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (Pf) • No refrgeration thermometer in glass refrigeration
  Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (Pf) • No refrgeration thermometer in glass refrigeration
• ⚠️Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • No thin probe food thermometer
  Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • No thin probe food thermometer
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Built up soils on bulk food containers
  (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Built up soils on bulk food containers
• ⚠️Cooking and Baking Equipment (C) • Built up soils on cooking equipment
  Cooking and Baking Equipment (C) • Built up soils on cooking equipment
• ⚠️Service Sink (C) • PIC stated and showed that the mop water is being dumped in a drain outside of building. Discontinue and provide service sink or request a variance to use toilets for dumping of mop water
  Service Sink (C) • PIC stated and showed that the mop water is being dumped in a drain outside of building. Discontinue and provide service sink or request a variance to use toilets for dumping of mop water
• ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Storing items in front hand wash sink in back prep/ware washing area PIC removed items twice during inspection
  Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Storing items in front hand wash sink in back prep/ware washing area PIC removed items twice during inspection
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Built up soils on floor walls ceiling and attachments including grease trap and pipes
  Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Built up soils on floor walls ceiling and attachments including grease trap and pipes
• ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • No signage at both hand sink reminding employees to wash hands
  Handwashing Signage (C) • No signage at both hand sink reminding employees to wash hands

When was Chulo last inspected?

Chulo has 13 inspections on record going back to March 21, 2022. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Chulo vs Longwood

Longwood runs 78% clean across 203 tracked restaurants — 153 clean, 19 mid, 23 cooked.

Against the 203 spots Cooked tracks in Longwood, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 February 16, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.