Pho Hoa Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 20, 2009
• address1356 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02122

Is Pho Hoa Restaurant clean?

Pho Hoa Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 20, 2009. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Pho Hoa Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 20, 2009, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️PHF's Properly Thawed • Raw frozen beef defrosting at room temperature. Discontinue and ensure proper defrosting methods are in place.
  PHF's Properly Thawed • Raw frozen beef defrosting at room temperature. Discontinue and ensure proper defrosting methods are in place.
• ⚠️Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • Raw eggs stored above ready to eat cucumbers 3 door cooler. Discontinue and store separately to ensure no cross contamination from raw eggs.critical
  Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • Raw eggs stored above ready to eat cucumbers 3 door cooler. Discontinue and store separately to ensure no cross contamination from raw eggs.
• ⚠️Food Protection • Boxes of frozen meats stored on ground. Discontinue and store elevated at least 6 inches off the ground.
  Food Protection • Boxes of frozen meats stored on ground. Discontinue and store elevated at least 6 inches off the ground.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Small 3 door cooler registering at 44F. Discontinue use unless unit is able to maintain a temperature of 40F and below.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Small 3 door cooler registering at 44F. Discontinue use unless unit is able to maintain a temperature of 40F and below.
• ⚠️Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage • Pots being stored on waste pipe by 3 bay sink. Discontinue and store all equipment clean and protected.
  Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage • Pots being stored on waste pipe by 3 bay sink. Discontinue and store all equipment clean and protected.
• ⚠️Location Accessible • Hand sink by stove top being blocked by plastic containers. Discontinue and ensure that all hand sinks are accessible.critical
  Location Accessible • Hand sink by stove top being blocked by plastic containers. Discontinue and ensure that all hand sinks are accessible.
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No soap at hand wash sink. Provide.
  Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No soap at hand wash sink. Provide.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Portions of floor in kitchen area sagging and in dis-repair. Address.
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • Portions of floor in kitchen area sagging and in dis-repair. Address.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Baffels above stove top visibly soiled with grease. Clean to remove.
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Baffels above stove top visibly soiled with grease. Clean to remove.
• ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded • Light in upright 2 door cooler not shielded. Provide.
  Fixture's not properly shielded • Light in upright 2 door cooler not shielded. Provide.
• ⚠️Inadequate Lighting • Light out in 3 door cooler. Replace.
  Inadequate Lighting • Light out in 3 door cooler. Replace.

When was Pho Hoa Restaurant last inspected?

Pho Hoa Restaurant has 9 inspections on record going back to July 30, 2008.

Pho Hoa Restaurant vs Dorchester

Dorchester runs 85% clean across 542 tracked restaurants — 445 clean, 31 mid, 47 cooked.

Against the 542 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 20, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.