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Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 19, 2026
- address49 Harvard Wy, Boston 02163
Is Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center clean?
Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 19, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 19, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Observed no signage on the self serving buffets. "Please use utensils". Please provide signage.Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Observed no signage on the self serving buffets. "Please use utensils". Please provide signage.
- ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Took temperature of the chicken in the hot holding unit chicken- 130F . PIC asked the staff to remove and reheat. Chicken 165F.critical(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Took temperature of the chicken in the hot holding unit chicken- 130F . PIC asked the staff to remove and reheat. Chicken 165F.
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No test strips at the 3 bay sink (behind the bakery). Provide test kit.Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No test strips at the 3 bay sink (behind the bakery). Provide test kit.
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • No means to dry hands at the handsink between the walk in and hot holding unit (near the grill) Provide means to dry handsHand Drying Provision (Pf) • No means to dry hands at the handsink between the walk in and hot holding unit (near the grill) Provide means to dry hands
When was Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center last inspected?
Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center has 25 inspections on record going back to May 4, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 19, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 11, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 18, 2025 | — | |
| May 20, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 13, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| October 12, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 3, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 16, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| September 19, 2022 | — | |
| May 24, 2022 | Fail |
Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center vs Allston
Allston runs 88% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 415 clean, 35 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, 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 March 19, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.