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Pho Express
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 4, 2025
- address1 Brighton Av, Allston 02134
Is Pho Express clean?
Pho Express is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 4, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Pho Express?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Numerous soiled wiping cloths on counters throughout Corrected-Sanitizer set up atthe time of the inspection 50ppmWiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Numerous soiled wiping cloths on counters throughout Corrected-Sanitizer set up atthe time of the inspection 50ppm
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Multiplebowls stored in the handwashing sink- removed at the time of the inspectionUsing a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Multiplebowls stored in the handwashing sink- removed at the time of the inspection
- ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood sticker expired April 2025- Schedule hood cleaning/inspectionCleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood sticker expired April 2025- Schedule hood cleaning/inspection
When was Pho Express last inspected?
Pho Express has 20 inspections on record going back to September 14, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 5, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| June 4, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 30, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 29, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 22, 2023 | Fail | |
| November 15, 2023 | Fail | |
| April 13, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 6, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| August 18, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 12, 2022 | Fail |
Pho Express vs Allston
Allston runs 88% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 415 clean, 35 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 June 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.