No. 1 Chinese Restaurant

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 7, 2019
• address914 Morton St, Dorchester 02124

Is No. 1 Chinese Restaurant clean?

No. 1 Chinese Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 7, 2019. 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 No. 1 Chinese Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 7, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • provide proper hair restraints
  Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • provide proper hair restraints
• ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • provide clean up kit and written procedures
  Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • provide clean up kit and written procedures
• ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • walk in/properly store all raw foodscritical
  Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • walk in/properly store all raw foods
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • store all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution
  Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • store all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution
• ⚠️Thawing (C) • shrimp thawing at room temperature/defrost under refrigeration
  Thawing (C) • shrimp thawing at room temperature/defrost under refrigeration
• ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • provide proper date marking for all tcs foods held over 24 hours
  Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • provide proper date marking for all tcs foods held over 24 hours
• ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Adequacy (C) • clean interior of hoods to remove heavy grease build up
  Ventilation Hood Systems Adequacy (C) • clean interior of hoods to remove heavy grease build up
• ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • 2 bay sink/provide no rinse detergent sanitizer and provide quat test kit
  Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • 2 bay sink/provide no rinse detergent sanitizer and provide quat test kit
• ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C) • resurface/replace worn cutting boards
  Cutting Surfaces (C) • resurface/replace worn cutting boards
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • clean interior/exterior of all reach in units and cooking equipment clean exterior of all reach in freezers and bulk food bins
  Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • clean interior/exterior of all reach in units and cooking equipment clean exterior of all reach in freezers and bulk food bins
• ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • do not store pots in handsink provide proper access
  Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • do not store pots in handsink provide proper access
• ⚠️Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • clean rear outside grounds
  Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • clean rear outside grounds
• ⚠️Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • clean walls throughout kitchen
  Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • clean walls throughout kitchen
• ⚠️Light Bulbs Protective Shielding (C) • provide endcaps
  Light Bulbs Protective Shielding (C) • provide endcaps
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • providescoop with handle for bulk food bins/remove bowls remove cardboard from under cutting boards remove all non working friolators restroom/provide self closing door provide divider between 2 bay sink and prep sink provide drain plugs to 2 bay sink
  Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • providescoop with handle for bulk food bins/remove bowls remove cardboard from under cutting boards remove all non working friolators restroom/provide self closing door provide divider between 2 bay sink and prep sink provide drain plugs to 2 bay sink

When was No. 1 Chinese Restaurant last inspected?

No. 1 Chinese Restaurant has 34 inspections on record going back to April 25, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

No. 1 Chinese Restaurant vs Mattapan

Mattapan runs 77% clean across 299 tracked restaurants — 217 clean, 38 mid, 26 cooked.

Against the 299 spots Cooked tracks in Mattapan, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Mattapan

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• ✓ Jamaica Jerk & Grill
  clean · May 4, 2007
• ✓ Las Americas Market
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• ✓ Mrs. Jones
  clean · April 18, 2014
• ✕ Picasso Restaurant
  cooked · March 25, 2009
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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 November 7, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.