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Restaurant Laura
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 26, 2019
- address688 Columbia Rd, Dorchester 02125
Is Restaurant Laura clean?
Restaurant Laura is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 26, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Restaurant Laura?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 26, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Utensil Storage • Ice scoop stored in ice. Store properly.Food Utensil Storage • Ice scoop stored in ice. Store properly.
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • Refrigerated units without inside thermometer. Provide.Equipment Thermometers • Refrigerated units without inside thermometer. Provide.
- ⚠️Toilet Enclosed Clean • Toilet room off kitchen with linens in sink and debri. Clean restroom off kitchen and provide self closing door.Toilet Enclosed Clean • Toilet room off kitchen with linens in sink and debri. Clean restroom off kitchen and provide self closing door.
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • Mop behind bar. Store in seperate area.Premises Maintained • Mop behind bar. Store in seperate area.
- ⚠️PIC Knowledge • Allergen awareness certificate posted is expired. Provide current.criticalPIC Knowledge • Allergen awareness certificate posted is expired. Provide current.
When was Restaurant Laura last inspected?
Restaurant Laura has 29 inspections on record going back to April 16, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| March 6, 2019 | — | |
| February 26, 2019 | Pass | |
| February 20, 2019 | Fail | |
| February 16, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 15, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| May 17, 2017 | — | |
| May 11, 2017 | Fail | |
| November 10, 2016 | — | |
| November 10, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 26, 2015 | Fail |
Restaurant Laura 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 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 February 26, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.