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Red Lantern
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 18, 2022
- address39 Stanhope St, Boston 02116
Is Red Lantern clean?
Red Lantern is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 18, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Red Lantern?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 18, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Bottles of oil without lables in kitchen. ProvideFood Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Bottles of oil without lables in kitchen. Provide
- ⚠️Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Wash Solution Temperature (Pf) • Back of house dish machine is not functioning. Ecolab on site to repair. Ensure dish machine reaching proper temperature.Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Wash Solution Temperature (Pf) • Back of house dish machine is not functioning. Ecolab on site to repair. Ensure dish machine reaching proper temperature.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Walls under back of house dish machine are soiled. Drink refrigerator in expo area is soiled. Clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Walls under back of house dish machine are soiled. Drink refrigerator in expo area is soiled. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Toilets and Urinals (C) • Men's room urinal is not functioning. Repair.Toilets and Urinals (C) • Men's room urinal is not functioning. Repair.
- ⚠️Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Area around dumpster is soiled with trash and debris. Clean to remove.Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Area around dumpster is soiled with trash and debris. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Cleaning of Plumbing Fixtures (C) • Woman's room toilet downstairs is heavily clogged and soiled. Clean to remove.Cleaning of Plumbing Fixtures (C) • Woman's room toilet downstairs is heavily clogged and soiled. Clean to remove.
When was Red Lantern last inspected?
Red Lantern has 30 inspections on record going back to June 6, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| November 18, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 4, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| October 22, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 8, 2021 | Fail | |
| November 12, 2020 | — | |
| October 15, 2019 | Pass | |
| December 4, 2018 | Pass | |
| November 30, 2018 | Fail | |
| October 15, 2018 | — |
Red Lantern 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 12% 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 18, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.