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Hong Kong Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 15, 2013
- address1271 Boylston St, Boston 02215
Is Hong Kong Cafe clean?
Hong Kong Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 15, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Hong Kong Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 15, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • handle of rice cooker broken repair or replaceNon-Food Contact Surfaces • handle of rice cooker broken repair or replace
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • garbage disposal leaking repairInstalled and Maintained • garbage disposal leaking repair
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • 5) ceilings with grease stains clean to remove 6) hood and vents wth heavy grease build up clean to removeImproper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • 5) ceilings with grease stains clean to remove 6) hood and vents wth heavy grease build up clean to remove
When was Hong Kong Cafe last inspected?
Hong Kong Cafe has 39 inspections on record going back to September 18, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| January 15, 2013 | Pass | |
| January 2, 2013 | Fail | |
| December 31, 2012 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| October 19, 2012 | Pass | |
| October 12, 2012 | Fail | |
| October 5, 2012 | — | |
| September 6, 2012 | Fail | |
| April 5, 2012 | — | |
| March 22, 2012 | Fail |
Hong Kong Cafe vs Fenway
Fenway runs 89% clean across 433 tracked restaurants — 379 clean, 23 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 433 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 11% of them.
Other spots in Fenway
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 January 15, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.