• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 14, 2020 →
• address468 Commonwealth Av, Boston 02215

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Is Pho Common clean?

Pho Common is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 14, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Pho Common?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 14, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
• ⚠️Thawing (C)
• ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C)
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
• ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C)
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
• ⚠️Light Bulbs Protective Shielding (C)
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf)
• ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)

Pho Common inspection and administrative history

Pho Common has 17 inspections on record going back to December 23, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Pho Common vs Fenway

Fenway runs 90% clean across 424 tracked restaurants — 374 clean, 21 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 424 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated February 14, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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