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Nam Bac Hong
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 19, 2018
- address75 Harrison Av, Boston 02111
Is Nam Bac Hong clean?
Nam Bac Hong is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 19, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Nam Bac Hong?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on July 19, 2018. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Nam Bac Hong last inspected?
Nam Bac Hong has 15 inspections on record going back to October 17, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| July 19, 2018 | Pass | |
| September 12, 2017 | Pass | |
| November 18, 2016 | Fail | |
| June 22, 2015 | Pass | |
| December 15, 2014 | Pass | |
| December 20, 2013 | Pass | |
| August 7, 2012 | Pass | |
| December 5, 2011 | Pass | |
| January 6, 2011 | — | |
| September 22, 2010 | Pass | |
| October 6, 2009 | Pass |
Nam Bac Hong vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 82% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 21 mid, 32 cooked.
Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 19, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.