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Moon Flower House
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 24, 2024
- address20 Kneeland St, Boston 02111
Is Moon Flower House clean?
Moon Flower House is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 24, 2024. 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 Moon Flower House?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 24, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw shell eggs observed above ready to eat products. Discontine.criticalPackaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw shell eggs observed above ready to eat products. Discontine.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Multiple foods obsevred without proper date marking. Provide.Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Multiple foods obsevred without proper date marking. Provide.
- ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood sticker observed expired. Heavy grease build up on hood filters. Schedule cleaning appointment.Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood sticker observed expired. Heavy grease build up on hood filters. Schedule cleaning appointment.
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Small fridge on production line does not have thermometer. Provide.Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Small fridge on production line does not have thermometer. Provide.
- ⚠️Cleaning Agents and Sanitizers Availability (Pf) • So sanitizer set up at three bay sink. Ensure sanitizer is available at all hours.Cleaning Agents and Sanitizers Availability (Pf) • So sanitizer set up at three bay sink. Ensure sanitizer is available at all hours.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Ice machine observed with soils. Clean to remove.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Ice machine observed with soils. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Chicken breading station heavily soiled with food debris. Back wall of production line heavily soiled with food debris. Sides of equiptment are soiled. Under production line equpitment are soiled. Shelfing above production line soiled with dust and grease build up. Clean to remove all soils.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Chicken breading station heavily soiled with food debris. Back wall of production line heavily soiled with food debris. Sides of equiptment are soiled. Under production line equpitment are soiled. Shelfing above production line soiled with dust and grease build up. Clean to remove all soils.
- ⚠️2024 Health Permit is unpaid. Email [email protected] for a link for payment.2024 Health Permit is unpaid. Email [email protected] for a link for payment.
When was Moon Flower House last inspected?
Moon Flower House has 20 inspections on record going back to July 31, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| January 24, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 12, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 11, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 22, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 10, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| November 15, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 8, 2022 | Fail | |
| June 7, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 31, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — |
Moon Flower House 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 January 24, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.