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Pho Le
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 15, 2026
- address1356 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02122
Is Pho Le clean?
Pho Le is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 15, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Pho Le?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Soils and debris under basement shelving. Clean to avoid attracting and harboring pests.(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Soils and debris under basement shelving. Clean to avoid attracting and harboring pests.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Observed dead roaches on glue board in basement. Pest report from previous week indicates no activity. Schedule another pest service and provide report to ISD.Controlling Pests (Pf) • Observed dead roaches on glue board in basement. Pest report from previous week indicates no activity. Schedule another pest service and provide report to ISD.
When was Pho Le last inspected?
Pho Le has 97 inspections on record going back to May 18, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 7, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 1, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 30, 2026 | — | |
| March 4, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 25, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 15, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 23, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 1, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 5, 2025 | Fail |
Pho Le 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 14% 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 May 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.