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Mul's Diner
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 22, 2019
- address75 W Broadway, South Boston 02127
Is Mul's Diner clean?
Mul's Diner is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 22, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Mul's Diner?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 22, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Door on basement milk cooler broken. Repair.Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Door on basement milk cooler broken. Repair.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Roof with leak. No water visible at the time of inspection. Roof to be repaired same day. Provide invoice to health division upon completion of roof being repaired.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Roof with leak. No water visible at the time of inspection. Roof to be repaired same day. Provide invoice to health division upon completion of roof being repaired.
- ⚠️Rooms and Equipment Vented • Double door oven at cookline is not under above expanse of cookline hood. Remove or relocate so it is properly vented. . To be referred to BFD Dave Hayes .Rooms and Equipment Vented • Double door oven at cookline is not under above expanse of cookline hood. Remove or relocate so it is properly vented. . To be referred to BFD Dave Hayes .
When was Mul's Diner last inspected?
Mul's Diner has 51 inspections on record going back to December 3, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| September 9, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| June 29, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| February 22, 2019 | Pass | |
| February 15, 2019 | Fail | |
| February 13, 2019 | Fail | |
| January 31, 2018 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2018 | Fail | |
| October 2, 2017 | — | |
| September 20, 2017 | Fail | |
| September 12, 2017 | Fail | |
| January 12, 2017 | — |
Mul's Diner 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 15% 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 February 22, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.