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Saigon Restaurant
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 4, 2015
- address305 Meridian St, East Boston 02128
Is Saigon Restaurant clean?
Saigon Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 4, 2015. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Saigon Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 4, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Protection • Do not cover foods with cloths.Food Protection • Do not cover foods with cloths.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Defrost reach in freezer. • Remove tin foil from equipment. • Repair door to I door reach in at wokNon-Food Contact Surfaces • Defrost reach in freezer. • Remove tin foil from equipment. • Repair door to I door reach in at wok
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • Provide thermometers where necessary.Equipment Thermometers • Provide thermometers where necessary.
- ⚠️Test Kit Provided • Provide test bit for sanitizerTest Kit Provided • Provide test bit for sanitizer
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Keep wiping cloths in sanitizer.Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Keep wiping cloths in sanitizer.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean fan screens in 2 door reach in.Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean fan screens in 2 door reach in.
- ⚠️Location Accessible • Do not block hand wash Sink.criticalLocation Accessible • Do not block hand wash Sink.
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Provide soap for hand wash sink.Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Provide soap for hand wash sink.
When was Saigon Restaurant last inspected?
Saigon Restaurant has 16 inspections on record going back to March 14, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| August 13, 2015 | — | |
| August 4, 2015 | Fail | |
| January 23, 2015 | Pass | |
| January 15, 2015 | Fail | |
| February 12, 2014 | Pass | |
| January 31, 2014 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| August 8, 2013 | Pass | |
| July 25, 2013 | Fail | |
| November 7, 2012 | Pass |
Saigon Restaurant vs East Boston
East Boston runs 92% clean across 529 tracked restaurants — 472 clean, 19 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 529 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 August 4, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.