South Boston Chinese

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 10, 2022
• address429 W Broadway, South Boston 02127

Is South Boston Chinese clean?

South Boston Chinese is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 10, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at South Boston Chinese?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 10, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Where to Wash (Pf) • Food employee observed washing hands in food prep sink. Retrain staff. COS.
  Where to Wash (Pf) • Food employee observed washing hands in food prep sink. Retrain staff. COS.
• ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Multiple containers of foods in freezers are not labeled. Provide. R.
  Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Multiple containers of foods in freezers are not labeled. Provide. R.
• ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Multiple containers of prepared foods in walkin and cookline coolers are not date marked. Provide. R.
  Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Multiple containers of prepared foods in walkin and cookline coolers are not date marked. Provide. R.
• ⚠️Cooking and Baking Equipment (C) • Clean inside microwave of visible soils.
  Cooking and Baking Equipment (C) • Clean inside microwave of visible soils.
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean floors throughout under around and behind equipment.
  Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean floors throughout under around and behind equipment.
• ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • Multiple stained ceiling tiles above cookline and rear kitchen. Determine source and make all necessary repairs. Ceilng tiles above cookine and kitchen are constructed of absorbent materials. Provide no porous smooth durable cleanable ceiling tiles.
  Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • Multiple stained ceiling tiles above cookline and rear kitchen. Determine source and make all necessary repairs. Ceilng tiles above cookine and kitchen are constructed of absorbent materials. Provide no porous smooth durable cleanable ceiling tiles.

When was South Boston Chinese last inspected?

South Boston Chinese has 82 inspections on record going back to June 5, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.

South Boston Chinese vs South Boston Waterfront

South Boston Waterfront runs 93% clean across 391 tracked restaurants — 333 clean, 15 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 391 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston Waterfront, this one comes out cleaner than 6% of them.

Other spots in South Boston Waterfront

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  not rated · December 30, 2012
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• ✓ Spirit Of Boston
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• ✓ Anthony's Pier 4
  clean · January 24, 2013
• ? Jimmy's Harborside
  not rated · October 31, 2024
• ✓ Broadway Shell
  clean · April 10, 2015

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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 May 10, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.