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Lee Chen's Restaurant
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 14, 2016
- address475 W Broadway, South Boston 02127
Is Lee Chen's Restaurant clean?
Lee Chen's Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 14, 2016. 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 Lee Chen's Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 14, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Outside Storage Improperly Maintained • Remove grease trap from alleywayOutside Storage Improperly Maintained • Remove grease trap from alleyway
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Rodent activity outside and by the back door - contact pest control companyInsects Rodents Animals • Rodent activity outside and by the back door - contact pest control company
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floors from all visible soilsImproper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floors from all visible soils
- ⚠️Pesticide Usage • remove cans of raid from the kitchen areacriticalPesticide Usage • remove cans of raid from the kitchen area
When was Lee Chen's Restaurant last inspected?
Lee Chen's Restaurant has 10 inspections on record going back to February 6, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| June 21, 2016 | — | |
| June 14, 2016 | Fail | |
| January 29, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 20, 2016 | Fail | |
| January 13, 2016 | Fail | |
| September 25, 2015 | Pass | |
| September 24, 2015 | — | |
| February 23, 2015 | Pass | |
| February 6, 2015 | Fail |
Lee Chen's Restaurant vs South Boston
South Boston runs 91% clean across 192 tracked restaurants — 163 clean, 9 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 192 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 14, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.