Pho And I Inc. is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 20, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Pho And I Inc.?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 20, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Upon inspection there was no sanitizer set up.Provide proper sanitizer with wiping cloths at all work/prep locations. PIC correcting
Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Upon inspection there was no sanitizer set up.Provide proper sanitizer with wiping cloths at all work/prep locations. PIC correcting
⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Items observed stored directly on the freezer floor.Elevate all items at least 6 inches off the floor. Items in the large walk in unit observed stored in the original can.Provide food grade containers during storage
Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Items observed stored directly on the freezer floor.Elevate all items at least 6 inches off the floor. Items in the large walk in unit observed stored in the original can.Provide food grade containers during storage
⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Provide proper datemarkings on all items held 41F or below for more than 24 hours.
Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Provide proper datemarkings on all items held 41F or below for more than 24 hours.
⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Clean the interior of the 2 door keg unit to remove soils. Kitchen: Clean the can opener blade to remove built up soils.
(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Clean the interior of the 2 door keg unit to remove soils. Kitchen: Clean the can opener blade to remove built up soils.
⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior of ice machine observed with soils.Clean to remove soils.
(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior of ice machine observed with soils.Clean to remove soils.
⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean floors under/around equipment to remove evidence of rodent droppings
Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean floors under/around equipment to remove evidence of rodent droppings
When was Pho And I Inc. last inspected?
Pho And I Inc. has 63 inspections on record going back to January 2, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
date
result
score
March 15, 2022
—
October 20, 2020
Pass
October 5, 2020
Fail
September 3, 2020
Pass
August 31, 2020
—
February 7, 2020
Pass
January 29, 2020
Fail
November 8, 2019
Pass
October 30, 2019
Fail
May 20, 2019
—
January 24, 2019
—
October 19, 2018
Pass
Pho And I Inc. vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 19% of them.
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 October 20, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.