La Criss Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 30, 2009. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Criss Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 30, 2009, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • 2 door glass/properly store all raw foodscritical
Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • 2 door glass/properly store all raw foods
⚠️Food Protection • 2 door glass/properly cover/wrap all food items
Food Protection • 2 door glass/properly cover/wrap all food items
⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • register area/seal all bare wood provide screen to rear door properly seal all bare wood throughout store/paint or stain
Non-Food Contact Surfaces • register area/seal all bare wood provide screen to rear door properly seal all bare wood throughout store/paint or stain
⚠️Equipment Thermometers • 2 door sandwich bar/provide internal thermometer 2 door glass/provide internal thermometer
Equipment Thermometers • 2 door sandwich bar/provide internal thermometer 2 door glass/provide internal thermometer
⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean/sanitize all knives in knife rack
Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean/sanitize all knives in knife rack
⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 2 door glass/clean interior/exterior of unit
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 2 door glass/clean interior/exterior of unit
⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • register area/seal hole in floor in front of 2 door pepsi repair loose floor tile at freezer clean floor area around sides of walk in
Improper Maintenance of Floors • register area/seal hole in floor in front of 2 door pepsi repair loose floor tile at freezer clean floor area around sides of walk in
When was La Criss Restaurant last inspected?
La Criss Restaurant has 7 inspections on record going back to September 2, 2008.
date
result
score
December 30, 2012
—
June 30, 2009
Pass
June 15, 2009
Fail
January 29, 2009
Pass
January 14, 2009
Fail
September 4, 2008
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September 2, 2008
Fail
La Criss Restaurant 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 19% of them.
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 30, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.