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Hen House
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 15, 2019
- address1033 Massachusetts Av, Roxbury 02119
Is Hen House clean?
Hen House is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 15, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Hen House?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 15, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • Provide vomit kit as discussed. Hand out given to PIC.Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • Provide vomit kit as discussed. Hand out given to PIC.
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Provide shelves in up right freezer so food is not stacked on top of each other in middle and door on right.Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Provide shelves in up right freezer so food is not stacked on top of each other in middle and door on right.
- ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C) • Clean or replace cutting boards on prep line.Cutting Surfaces (C) • Clean or replace cutting boards on prep line.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean interior and exterior of refrigeration equipment. Visibly soiled.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean interior and exterior of refrigeration equipment. Visibly soiled.
- ⚠️Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C) • Clean walls in back prep area as discussed.Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C) • Clean walls in back prep area as discussed.
When was Hen House last inspected?
Hen House has 35 inspections on record going back to February 28, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| November 15, 2019 | Pass | |
| November 7, 2019 | Fail | |
| May 6, 2019 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2019 | Fail | |
| October 29, 2018 | Pass | |
| October 22, 2018 | Fail | |
| May 15, 2018 | Pass | |
| May 8, 2018 | Fail | |
| December 15, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2017 | Fail |
Hen House vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, 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 November 15, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.