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Rachel's Kitchen
- resultFail
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMarch 19, 2008
- address12 Church St, Boston 02116
Is Rachel's Kitchen clean?
Rachel's Kitchen is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 19, 2008. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Rachel's Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 19, 2008, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Container Labels • Orange juice is unlabeled. Label packaged food products.Food Container Labels • Orange juice is unlabeled. Label packaged food products.
- ⚠️PHF's Properly Thawed • Chicken thawing at room temperature. Thaw PHF's properly.PHF's Properly Thawed • Chicken thawing at room temperature. Thaw PHF's properly.
- ⚠️Adequate Handwashing/Where/When/How • No paper towels at either handbill for employees to properly wash and dry their hands. Provide.criticalAdequate Handwashing/Where/When/How • No paper towels at either handbill for employees to properly wash and dry their hands. Provide.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Sandwich unit: Refrigerator gaskets are broken. Repair.Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Sandwich unit: Refrigerator gaskets are broken. Repair.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Wiping cloths are discolored and stored outside of sanitizer solution. Provide clean cloths that are stored properly.Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Wiping cloths are discolored and stored outside of sanitizer solution. Provide clean cloths that are stored properly.
- ⚠️Single Service Articles Stored Dispensed • Straws in orange juice are exposed to customer contamination. Store properly.Single Service Articles Stored Dispensed • Straws in orange juice are exposed to customer contamination. Store properly.
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • Basement: Employee bathroom separate hot and cold water. Provide water through mixing valve.Installed and Maintained • Basement: Employee bathroom separate hot and cold water. Provide water through mixing valve.
- ⚠️Location Accessible • The handsink in the kitchen is blocked by cooling muffins. Remove to provide access to handsink.criticalLocation Accessible • The handsink in the kitchen is blocked by cooling muffins. Remove to provide access to handsink.
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No paper towels at either handsink. Provide.Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No paper towels at either handsink. Provide.
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • Basement is overcrowded with excess items. Remove clutter and organize basement.Premises Maintained • Basement is overcrowded with excess items. Remove clutter and organize basement.
When was Rachel's Kitchen last inspected?
Rachel's Kitchen has 4 inspections on record going back to September 17, 2007.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 11, 2008 | closed by the city | |
| March 28, 2008 | — | |
| March 19, 2008 | Fail | |
| September 17, 2007 | — |
Rachel's Kitchen vs Bay Village
Bay Village runs 88% clean across 350 tracked restaurants — 292 clean, 16 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 350 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Village, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 March 19, 2008. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.