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La La Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 26, 2024
- address792 Washington St, Dorchester 02124
Is La La Restaurant clean?
La La Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 26, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La La Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 26, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Provide test kits for quaternary ammonia used in 3 bay sinkSanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Provide test kits for quaternary ammonia used in 3 bay sink
- ⚠️Thawing (C) • Fish thawing in stagnant water / Discontinue and properly thaw as described belowThawing (C) • Fish thawing in stagnant water / Discontinue and properly thaw as described below
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Food inside basin of hand sink / Remove and ensure hand sink remains free and clear at all timesUsing a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Food inside basin of hand sink / Remove and ensure hand sink remains free and clear at all times
- ⚠️Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Outdoor trash storage area cluttered with open boxes of rotten fruit. Lids on barrels are not able to close fully. Attracting a large fly presence / Clean and organize outdoor trash area and ensure lids are fully closed on barrelsMaintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Outdoor trash storage area cluttered with open boxes of rotten fruit. Lids on barrels are not able to close fully. Attracting a large fly presence / Clean and organize outdoor trash area and ensure lids are fully closed on barrels
- ⚠️Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Hood tag expired in June 2024 / Contact hood cleaning company ASAPWalls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Hood tag expired in June 2024 / Contact hood cleaning company ASAP
- ⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C) • Screen door torn allowing for fly entry / Repair or keep back door closedOuter Openings Protected (C) • Screen door torn allowing for fly entry / Repair or keep back door closed
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Small rodent droppings noted under wire racks and on steps leading to outside / No IPM reports available and unclear on last extermination / Remove and contact pest control. Send last months worth of IPM reports via emailControlling Pests (Pf) • Small rodent droppings noted under wire racks and on steps leading to outside / No IPM reports available and unclear on last extermination / Remove and contact pest control. Send last months worth of IPM reports via email
When was La La Restaurant last inspected?
La La Restaurant has 47 inspections on record going back to May 11, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 26, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 5, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 20, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 4, 2024 | — | |
| February 12, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| November 1, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 12, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 4, 2023 | — | |
| September 15, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 1, 2023 | Pass |
La La 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 14% 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 August 26, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.