• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 31, 2018 →
• address475 W Broadway, South Boston 02127

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Is Lee Chen's clean?

Lee Chen's is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 31, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Lee Chen's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 31, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Separation Segregation Cross Contaminationcritical
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided
• ⚠️Wash Rinse Water Clean Proper Temperature.
• ⚠️Outside Storage Improperly Maintained
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
• ⚠️PIC Performing Dutiescritical

Lee Chen's inspection and administrative history

Lee Chen's has 10 inspections on record going back to May 24, 2017.

Lee Chen's vs South Boston

South Boston runs 91% clean across 185 tracked restaurants — 157 clean, 8 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 185 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 31, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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