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La Chiva Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 27, 2018
- address259 Bennington St, East Boston 02128
Is La Chiva Restaurant clean?
La Chiva Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 27, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Chiva Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 27, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Hot Holding • Front hot holding case - Salami 112F Fried chicken 108F / Provide proper hot holding temperatures as discussed. Items removed and will be reheated to 165F after being in the case for 1 hour. Beans sitting on counter 98F / Discontinue leaving food out at room temperature as discussed and provide proper hot holding temperatures. Beans will be disposed of after being out for undetermined amount of time.criticalHot Holding • Front hot holding case - Salami 112F Fried chicken 108F / Provide proper hot holding temperatures as discussed. Items removed and will be reheated to 165F after being in the case for 1 hour. Beans sitting on counter 98F / Discontinue leaving food out at room temperature as discussed and provide proper hot holding temperatures. Beans will be disposed of after being out for undetermined amount of time.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Cutting boards worn and heavily scored / replace.Food Contact Surfaces Design • Cutting boards worn and heavily scored / replace.
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • 1 live roach noted at 3 bay sink area / Santos makes weekly exterminations but reports do not reflect treatment for roaches. Contact pest controlInsects Rodents Animals • 1 live roach noted at 3 bay sink area / Santos makes weekly exterminations but reports do not reflect treatment for roaches. Contact pest control
When was La Chiva Restaurant last inspected?
La Chiva Restaurant has 36 inspections on record going back to August 23, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| June 27, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 18, 2018 | Fail | |
| January 19, 2018 | Pass | |
| January 8, 2018 | Fail | |
| August 18, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 16, 2017 | Fail | |
| April 27, 2016 | Pass | |
| April 20, 2016 | Fail | |
| August 19, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 10, 2015 | Fail |
La Chiva Restaurant vs East Boston
East Boston runs 92% clean across 529 tracked restaurants — 472 clean, 19 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 529 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 June 27, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.