Hien Vuong Restaurant

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 12, 2021
• address1487 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02122

Is Hien Vuong Restaurant clean?

Hien Vuong Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 12, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Hien Vuong Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 12, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️When to Wash (P) • Hand sink blocked in location at this time. PIC will need to review with staff when and where to wash hands and to wash hand often.critical
  When to Wash (P) • Hand sink blocked in location at this time. PIC will need to review with staff when and where to wash hands and to wash hand often.
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Provide sanitizer buckets for wiping cloths. Water should be change and wipping cloth will need to be laundered.
  Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Provide sanitizer buckets for wiping cloths. Water should be change and wipping cloth will need to be laundered.
• ⚠️Food Storage Prohibited Areas (C) • Discontinue to use shopping bags to store food. Must be a food grade storage bag.
  Food Storage Prohibited Areas (C) • Discontinue to use shopping bags to store food. Must be a food grade storage bag.
• ⚠️Thawing (C) • Discontinue to thaw at room temperature. PIC will need to thaw the day before under running water or cook frozen.
  Thawing (C) • Discontinue to thaw at room temperature. PIC will need to thaw the day before under running water or cook frozen.
• ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean all shelves in kitchen and basement prep and storage.Soiled dusty. Clean exterior of all in place cooking and prep equipment. Soiled Interior and exterior of all refrigeration equipment. Soiled
  Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean all shelves in kitchen and basement prep and storage.Soiled dusty. Clean exterior of all in place cooking and prep equipment. Soiled Interior and exterior of all refrigeration equipment. Soiled
• ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Low temperature dishwasher tested at 50ppm. PIC did not have test strips or could not find them. Make test strips available at all times and test the dishwasher each day.
  Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Low temperature dishwasher tested at 50ppm. PIC did not have test strips or could not find them. Make test strips available at all times and test the dishwasher each day.
• ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Hand sink on cooking line blocked with a container of noodles. Discontinue. Hand sink in prep blocked with clean equipment. Discontinue.
  Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Hand sink on cooking line blocked with a container of noodles. Discontinue. Hand sink in prep blocked with clean equipment. Discontinue.
• ⚠️Outdoor Storage Surface (C) • PIC will need to clean up the back alley of trash weeds and monitor to keep it clean as discussed.
  Outdoor Storage Surface (C) • PIC will need to clean up the back alley of trash weeds and monitor to keep it clean as discussed.
• ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • Screen on back door broken. Fix until repaired keep back door closed.
  Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • Screen on back door broken. Fix until repaired keep back door closed.
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean floor under and behind cooking equipment and shelves in kitchen basement prep and storage. As discussed. Clean walls in stairway to basement dishwasher area. soiled. Clean fllor in basement of cardboard dry food and grime.
  Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean floor under and behind cooking equipment and shelves in kitchen basement prep and storage. As discussed. Clean walls in stairway to basement dishwasher area. soiled. Clean fllor in basement of cardboard dry food and grime.

When was Hien Vuong Restaurant last inspected?

Hien Vuong Restaurant has 57 inspections on record going back to August 21, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Hien Vuong 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 2% 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 July 12, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.