Gourmet China House

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 8, 2018
• address55 Beach St, Boston 02111

Is Gourmet China House clean?

Gourmet China House is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 8, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Gourmet China House?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 8, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Hot Holding • Cooked chicken sitting on counter @ 92f ensure proper hot hold of 140f or above (chicken put back in fryer and cooked to 188f at time of inspection)critical
  Hot Holding • Cooked chicken sitting on counter @ 92f ensure proper hot hold of 140f or above (chicken put back in fryer and cooked to 188f at time of inspection)
• ⚠️Cold Holding • Bean sprouts sitting on counter @ 48f ensure proper cold hold of 41f ior belowcritical
  Cold Holding • Bean sprouts sitting on counter @ 48f ensure proper cold hold of 41f ior below
• ⚠️Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • Raw eggs sitting over ready to eat foods store raw below ready to eatcritical
  Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • Raw eggs sitting over ready to eat foods store raw below ready to eat
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Exposed wood on shelving at cooking line seal or paint
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Exposed wood on shelving at cooking line seal or paint
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained • Sump pump with strong odors ensure proper cleaning
  Installed and Maintained • Sump pump with strong odors ensure proper cleaning
• ⚠️Location Accessible • Hand sink in basement prep being used as a rinse sink for vegetables restrict uses to hand wash onlycritical
  Location Accessible • Hand sink in basement prep being used as a rinse sink for vegetables restrict uses to hand wash only
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Fruit flies found in basement clean to remove
  Insects Rodents Animals • Fruit flies found in basement clean to remove
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Hood with grease build up clean to remove
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Hood with grease build up clean to remove

When was Gourmet China House last inspected?

Gourmet China House has 7 inspections on record going back to May 24, 2016.

Gourmet China House vs Leather District

Leather District runs 86% clean across 188 tracked restaurants — 149 clean, 11 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 188 spots Cooked tracks in Leather District, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 May 8, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.