Rice Bowl

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 27, 2017
• address8 Hemenway St, Boston 02115

Is Rice Bowl clean?

Rice Bowl is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 27, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Rice Bowl?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 27, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Installed and Maintained • The cold water at the handsink in the corner is not working. Repair.
  Installed and Maintained • The cold water at the handsink in the corner is not working. Repair.
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • There are rodent droppings in the upstairs storage area in the bulk food storage area and in hte basement. The owner showed monthly pest reports from A1 extermination but there does not appear to be any improvement. Provide IPM reports and make sure that the establishment is doing their part in eradicating the pest problems. Increase cleaning and pest treatments until the problem is under control.
  Insects Rodents Animals • There are rodent droppings in the upstairs storage area in the bulk food storage area and in hte basement. The owner showed monthly pest reports from A1 extermination but there does not appear to be any improvement. Provide IPM reports and make sure that the establishment is doing their part in eradicating the pest problems. Increase cleaning and pest treatments until the problem is under control.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • The floors are soiled in areas especially under shelving in dry storage areas and under cooking equipment. Clean areas to remove buildup.
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • The floors are soiled in areas especially under shelving in dry storage areas and under cooking equipment. Clean areas to remove buildup.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • The walls are soiled with grease and food debris. Clean to remove. The cooking equipment is soiled with grease buildup. Clean to remove. The hood vent is expired. Have hte vent cleaned by a licensed company.
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • The walls are soiled with grease and food debris. Clean to remove. The cooking equipment is soiled with grease buildup. Clean to remove. The hood vent is expired. Have hte vent cleaned by a licensed company.
• ⚠️Conformance w/ Approved Procedures • The lab test for the sushi rice is expired.Provide an updated lab test. They are not keeping their logs for hte sushi rice pH has not been recorded since February. Make sure that the rice is being tested daily and the pH is being recorded.critical
  Conformance w/ Approved Procedures • The lab test for the sushi rice is expired.Provide an updated lab test. They are not keeping their logs for hte sushi rice pH has not been recorded since February. Make sure that the rice is being tested daily and the pH is being recorded.

When was Rice Bowl last inspected?

Rice Bowl has 39 inspections on record going back to March 26, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Rice Bowl vs Back Bay

Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.

Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 July 27, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.