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Red Island Restaurant
- resultFail
- critical violations3
- last inspectedOctober 19, 2017
- address657 Warren St, Dorchester 02121
Is Red Island Restaurant clean?
Red Island Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 19, 2017. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Red Island Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 19, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Thermometers Provided • properly calibrate cooks thermometerFood Thermometers Provided • properly calibrate cooks thermometer
- ⚠️Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • walk in/properly store all raw foods 2 door pepsi/properly cover all foodscriticalSeparation Segregation Cross Contamination • walk in/properly store all raw foods 2 door pepsi/properly cover all foods
- ⚠️Food Protection • rice cooker/remove utensils from stagnate water walk in/properly cover all foods in walk in bulk food bins/cover all bins and remove bowls/provide scoop with handleFood Protection • rice cooker/remove utensils from stagnate water walk in/properly cover all foods in walk in bulk food bins/cover all bins and remove bowls/provide scoop with handle
- ⚠️Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • provide proper hair restraintsClean Cloths Hair Restraint • provide proper hair restraints
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • replace worn white cutting boardsFood Contact Surfaces Design • replace worn white cutting boards
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • defrost 1 door white freezer remove cardboard as dividerNon-Food Contact Surfaces • defrost 1 door white freezer remove cardboard as divider
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • 2 door pepsi/provide accurate internal thermometerEquipment Thermometers • 2 door pepsi/provide accurate internal thermometer
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 3 bay sink/provide commercial grade sanitizercriticalFood Contact Surfaces Clean • 3 bay sink/provide commercial grade sanitizer
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • properly store all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solutionWiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • properly store all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean/sanitize all prep tablesFood Contact Surfaces Clean • clean/sanitize all prep tables
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean interior/exterior of 2 door pepsi clean red counter above stairway clean lower prep table shelving clean/sanitize meat grinder clean exterior of all white food containers at lower prep table 2 door reach in/clean interior of unitNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean interior/exterior of 2 door pepsi clean red counter above stairway clean lower prep table shelving clean/sanitize meat grinder clean exterior of all white food containers at lower prep table 2 door reach in/clean interior of unit
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • hot line handsink/repairhot water faucet handleInstalled and Maintained • hot line handsink/repairhot water faucet handle
- ⚠️Location Accessible • hot line handsink/remove pots from sinkcriticalLocation Accessible • hot line handsink/remove pots from sink
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • restroom/provide covered waste receptacle dishroom handsink/provide paper towels in dispenser hot line handsink/provide liquid soap/paper towels in dispenser/and employee must wash hands signageHand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • restroom/provide covered waste receptacle dishroom handsink/provide paper towels in dispenser hot line handsink/provide liquid soap/paper towels in dispenser/and employee must wash hands signage
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • dry storage room/remove evidence of rodent droppings from floor area under shelving/provide detailed up to date extermination report chemical walk in/remove evidence of rodent droppingsInsects Rodents Animals • dry storage room/remove evidence of rodent droppings from floor area under shelving/provide detailed up to date extermination report chemical walk in/remove evidence of rodent droppings
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • hot line/clean floor area under sink hot line/replace missing floor tileImproper Maintenance of Floors • hot line/clean floor area under sink hot line/replace missing floor tile
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • kitchen/clean green walls to remove stains kitchen/replace all stained ceiling tiles restroom/remove traps from base of wall and provide smooth easily cleanable wall repair damaged screen to rear door hot line/replace missing filtersImproper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • kitchen/clean green walls to remove stains kitchen/replace all stained ceiling tiles restroom/remove traps from base of wall and provide smooth easily cleanable wall repair damaged screen to rear door hot line/replace missing filters
- ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded • kitchen and storage room/provide light shields with endcapsFixture's not properly shielded • kitchen and storage room/provide light shields with endcaps
- ⚠️Inadequate Lighting • kitchen/replace burnt out lightsInadequate Lighting • kitchen/replace burnt out lights
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • kitchen/remove all cardboard boxesPremises Maintained • kitchen/remove all cardboard boxes
When was Red Island Restaurant last inspected?
Red Island Restaurant has 34 inspections on record going back to November 6, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| May 9, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| October 26, 2017 | — | |
| October 19, 2017 | Fail | |
| July 24, 2017 | — | |
| July 17, 2017 | Fail | |
| January 31, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2017 | Fail | |
| October 18, 2016 | — | |
| May 17, 2016 | — | |
| May 10, 2016 | Fail |
Red Island Restaurant vs Roxbury
Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.
Against the 708 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 October 19, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.