East Coast Restaurant

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJune 15, 2009
• address1456 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02122

Is East Coast Restaurant clean?

East Coast Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 15, 2009. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at East Coast Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 15, 2009, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Cooling • 5 Pots of rice left out at room temperature between 78F and 97F. Discontinue and ensure proper cooling methods are in place. Rice was placed in freezer to ensure proper cooling parameters are met.critical
  Cooling • 5 Pots of rice left out at room temperature between 78F and 97F. Discontinue and ensure proper cooling methods are in place. Rice was placed in freezer to ensure proper cooling parameters are met.
• ⚠️Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • Raw eggs being stored above raw chicken. Discontinue and store separately to ensure no contamination from eggs.critical
  Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • Raw eggs being stored above raw chicken. Discontinue and store separately to ensure no contamination from eggs.
• ⚠️Food Protection • Buckets of chicken and boxes of produce being stored on ground of walk-in cooler. Discontinue and store elevated at least 6 inches off the ground.
  Food Protection • Buckets of chicken and boxes of produce being stored on ground of walk-in cooler. Discontinue and store elevated at least 6 inches off the ground.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Metal pan being used to dispense duck sauce. Discontinue and use handled scoop to ensure no contamination from hands.
  Food Contact Surfaces Design • Metal pan being used to dispense duck sauce. Discontinue and use handled scoop to ensure no contamination from hands.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Water leaking onto lower shelf of small 2 door cooler. Address. Excess ice build-up on codenser in walk-in freezer. Address.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Water leaking onto lower shelf of small 2 door cooler. Address. Excess ice build-up on codenser in walk-in freezer. Address.
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Soiled wiping cloths left out on counter. Discontinue and store in proper sanitizing solution.
  Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Soiled wiping cloths left out on counter. Discontinue and store in proper sanitizing solution.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Lower shelf of 2 door cooler visibly soiled. Clean to remove.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Lower shelf of 2 door cooler visibly soiled. Clean to remove.
• ⚠️Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage • Pan being stored on ground under preparation table. Discontinue and store clean and protected.
  Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage • Pan being stored on ground under preparation table. Discontinue and store clean and protected.
• ⚠️Re-use of Single Service Articles • Tofu containment being re-used to store species. Discontinue and use food grade containers.
  Re-use of Single Service Articles • Tofu containment being re-used to store species. Discontinue and use food grade containers.
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Snap traps being used in kitchen area. Discontinue use.
  Insects Rodents Animals • Snap traps being used in kitchen area. Discontinue use.
• ⚠️Inadequate Lighting • Light out over Wok station. Replace. Light out in Coke cooler. Replace
  Inadequate Lighting • Light out over Wok station. Replace. Light out in Coke cooler. Replace
• ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • PIC not overseeing staff in proper cooling methods of rice. Address.critical
  PIC Performing Duties • PIC not overseeing staff in proper cooling methods of rice. Address.

When was East Coast Restaurant last inspected?

East Coast Restaurant has 7 inspections on record going back to June 23, 2008.

East Coast Restaurant vs Dorchester

Dorchester runs 85% clean across 542 tracked restaurants — 445 clean, 31 mid, 47 cooked.

Against the 542 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 June 15, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.