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Penang Restaurant
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 4, 2008
- address685 Washington St, Boston 02116
Is Penang Restaurant clean?
Penang Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 4, 2008. 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 Penang Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 4, 2008, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Protection • To avoid cross contamination store the beef pork chicken and seafood separate from the vegetables within the walk in refrigerator. Ground pork was observed in a bowl on top of a box of green peppers.Food Protection • To avoid cross contamination store the beef pork chicken and seafood separate from the vegetables within the walk in refrigerator. Ground pork was observed in a bowl on top of a box of green peppers.
- ⚠️Food Utensil Storage • Do not store in use kitchen utensils within stagnant water.Food Utensil Storage • Do not store in use kitchen utensils within stagnant water.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Monitor the basement walk in. Thermometers within the walk in indicated that the walkin was operating at 40 degrees F. Air blowing from the condenser was at 45 degrees F. Food temperatures were acceptable.Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Monitor the basement walk in. Thermometers within the walk in indicated that the walkin was operating at 40 degrees F. Air blowing from the condenser was at 45 degrees F. Food temperatures were acceptable.
- ⚠️Location Accessible • Do not block hand sinks. One hand sink in the kitchen was covered with a cutting board. One hand sink in the basement was blocked by a pile of boxes.criticalLocation Accessible • Do not block hand sinks. One hand sink in the kitchen was covered with a cutting board. One hand sink in the basement was blocked by a pile of boxes.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean the ceiling and walls of the walk in to remove mold.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean the ceiling and walls of the walk in to remove mold.
When was Penang Restaurant last inspected?
Penang Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to October 11, 2007.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| November 18, 2008 | — | |
| November 4, 2008 | Fail | |
| November 14, 2007 | — | |
| October 11, 2007 | Fail |
Penang Restaurant 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 11% 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 November 4, 2008. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.