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Lelene's Restaurant
- resultFail
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJuly 6, 2017
- address1296 Blue Hill Av, Mattapan 02126
Is Lelene's Restaurant clean?
Lelene's Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 6, 2017. 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 Lelene's Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 6, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Hot Holding • Fish dish on hot holding line at 124F. PIC will need to reheat or discard.criticalHot Holding • Fish dish on hot holding line at 124F. PIC will need to reheat or discard.
- ⚠️Food Protection • Food container in freezer in basement not covered. All food that is in storage need to be covered unless its in a cooling stage as discussed. Discontinue to store food on the floor in kitchen. Large pot of cooked beans on the floor by dishwasher. AddressFood Protection • Food container in freezer in basement not covered. All food that is in storage need to be covered unless its in a cooling stage as discussed. Discontinue to store food on the floor in kitchen. Large pot of cooked beans on the floor by dishwasher. Address
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Provide scoops for bulk foods in basement. Discontinue to use plastic cups.Food Contact Surfaces Design • Provide scoops for bulk foods in basement. Discontinue to use plastic cups.
- ⚠️Test Kit Provided • Provide test strip with sanitizer you are going to be using in three bay. PIC did have paper test but not guide in holder to know if color matched up.Test Kit Provided • Provide test strip with sanitizer you are going to be using in three bay. PIC did have paper test but not guide in holder to know if color matched up.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean shelves in basement of dry rodent droppings. PIC has pest control inspecting every three months. Provide up to date pest control report at reinspection.Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean shelves in basement of dry rodent droppings. PIC has pest control inspecting every three months. Provide up to date pest control report at reinspection.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean vents for heat and a/c in kitchen. Visibly soiled. Wire along wall going down stairs to basement hanging over step. Address amd repair. Provide screen door to back door if you are going to have door open to cool room. If not keep door closed.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean vents for heat and a/c in kitchen. Visibly soiled. Wire along wall going down stairs to basement hanging over step. Address amd repair. Provide screen door to back door if you are going to have door open to cool room. If not keep door closed.
- ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • Certified Food Safety staff member not at location at this time. Spoke to her one time on the passed on the phone. Please review with all staff members working with food proper holding temperatures and proper way to store food. Also review with staff how to set up three bay sink. Sink had soiled dishes and dishwasher not on. China will need to be washed in dishwasher. Every inspection dishwasher is not in. Staff did not know what test kit to use for sanitizer or guide to match test strip up to.criticalPIC Performing Duties • Certified Food Safety staff member not at location at this time. Spoke to her one time on the passed on the phone. Please review with all staff members working with food proper holding temperatures and proper way to store food. Also review with staff how to set up three bay sink. Sink had soiled dishes and dishwasher not on. China will need to be washed in dishwasher. Every inspection dishwasher is not in. Staff did not know what test kit to use for sanitizer or guide to match test strip up to.
When was Lelene's Restaurant last inspected?
Lelene's Restaurant has 42 inspections on record going back to September 2, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| July 14, 2017 | — | |
| July 6, 2017 | Fail | |
| March 30, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 20, 2017 | Fail | |
| October 12, 2016 | Pass | |
| October 5, 2016 | Fail | |
| May 31, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 24, 2016 | Fail | |
| February 18, 2016 | — | |
| February 11, 2016 | Fail | |
| December 14, 2015 | Pass |
Lelene's Restaurant vs Mattapan
Mattapan runs 76% clean across 299 tracked restaurants — 213 clean, 37 mid, 31 cooked.
Against the 299 spots Cooked tracks in Mattapan, 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 July 6, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.