Cooked?
Lcy Inc.
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 11, 2025
- address20 Tyler St, Boston 02111
Is Lcy Inc. clean?
Lcy Inc. is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 11, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Lcy Inc.?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Knives observed being stored in between cooler and preparation tables. Discontinue and store all knives in a clean and protected manner. Knives observed being stored in between soiled wall and electrical conduit. Discontinue.In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Knives observed being stored in between cooler and preparation tables. Discontinue and store all knives in a clean and protected manner. Knives observed being stored in between soiled wall and electrical conduit. Discontinue.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Sooiled wiping cloths observed being left out on counter tops. Discontinue and provide a proper sanitizing solution.Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Sooiled wiping cloths observed being left out on counter tops. Discontinue and provide a proper sanitizing solution.
- ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Employees observed cutting up produce in the main dinning area. Discontinue and ensure all food preparation is being done on clean and protected surfaces/designated area's. Drainage PVC pipe observed draining into the 2 bay preparation sink. Discontinue and provide proper drainage.Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Employees observed cutting up produce in the main dinning area. Discontinue and ensure all food preparation is being done on clean and protected surfaces/designated area's. Drainage PVC pipe observed draining into the 2 bay preparation sink. Discontinue and provide proper drainage.
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Garlic and oil mixture observed being left out at room temperature. Discontinue and ensure all TCS foods are being maintained at below 41F. Garlic and oil mixture to be removed and placed back under refrigeration.critical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Garlic and oil mixture observed being left out at room temperature. Discontinue and ensure all TCS foods are being maintained at below 41F. Garlic and oil mixture to be removed and placed back under refrigeration.
- ⚠️Food-Contact Surfaces-Cleanability (Pf) • Card board and other types of materials being used to store knives. Discontinue and ensure all knives are being stored/protected in a clean adn approved mannner.Food-Contact Surfaces-Cleanability (Pf) • Card board and other types of materials being used to store knives. Discontinue and ensure all knives are being stored/protected in a clean adn approved mannner.
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • At the time of the inspection the walk-in cooler was being serviced (with ice build-up on the compressor). Address and discontinue use unless the unit is able to maintain a temperature of below 41F. At the time of the inspection foods inside of the unit were at 42F.Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • At the time of the inspection the walk-in cooler was being serviced (with ice build-up on the compressor). Address and discontinue use unless the unit is able to maintain a temperature of below 41F. At the time of the inspection foods inside of the unit were at 42F.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Sludge like substance observed inside of the basement ice machine. Address and clean to remove.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Sludge like substance observed inside of the basement ice machine. Address and clean to remove.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Interior of True slding glass door cooler visibly soiled and with food debris. Inteiror of the flip top cooler with food spills and visibly soiled. Clean to remove all. Floor under and around the frying station. Address and clean to remove. Hand sink located near the flip top cooler visibly soiled. Clean to remove. Under side of the handles to the flip top/deli coolers with cacked on foods. Clean to remove. Exterior of bulk food bins with cacked on foods. Clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Interior of True slding glass door cooler visibly soiled and with food debris. Inteiror of the flip top cooler with food spills and visibly soiled. Clean to remove all. Floor under and around the frying station. Address and clean to remove. Hand sink located near the flip top cooler visibly soiled. Clean to remove. Under side of the handles to the flip top/deli coolers with cacked on foods. Clean to remove. Exterior of bulk food bins with cacked on foods. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Excess debris and equipment observed along the side of the walk-in cooler located in the basement. Remove all unecessary equipment/debris.Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Excess debris and equipment observed along the side of the walk-in cooler located in the basement. Remove all unecessary equipment/debris.
When was Lcy Inc. last inspected?
Lcy Inc. has 62 inspections on record going back to June 5, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 23, 2025 | — | |
| June 11, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 12, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 12, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| March 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 14, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 2, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 26, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 2, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 26, 2022 | Fail | |
| February 7, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 31, 2022 | Fail |
Lcy Inc. 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 2% of them.
Other spots in Chinatown
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 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.