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Joy Luck Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 18, 2018
- address680 Washington St, Boston 02111
Is Joy Luck Restaurant clean?
Joy Luck Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 18, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Joy Luck Restaurant?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on April 18, 2018. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Joy Luck Restaurant last inspected?
Joy Luck Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to April 22, 2016.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| April 18, 2018 | Pass | |
| May 22, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 4, 2017 | Fail | |
| April 22, 2016 | Pass |
Joy Luck Restaurant vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 85% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 22 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 April 18, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.