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Speedy Chen's Chinese Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 10, 2020
- address289 Main St, Charlestown 02129
Is Speedy Chen's Chinese Restaurant clean?
Speedy Chen's Chinese Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 10, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Speedy Chen's Chinese Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 10, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • There is no kit or procedure available to cleanup a vommit or diarrhea accident. Provide a kit and train employees on procedures.Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • There is no kit or procedure available to cleanup a vommit or diarrhea accident. Provide a kit and train employees on procedures.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • There is grease buildup in between equipment and under the fryers. Clean surfaces to remove buildup. There is food buildup onthe shelves in the walk-in cooler and along the shelves above the three bay sink. Clean surfaces to remove buildup.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • There is grease buildup in between equipment and under the fryers. Clean surfaces to remove buildup. There is food buildup onthe shelves in the walk-in cooler and along the shelves above the three bay sink. Clean surfaces to remove buildup.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • There are small rodent droppings near the bulk food containers. Remove and provide proof of treatment by a licensed exterminator.Controlling Pests (Pf) • There are small rodent droppings near the bulk food containers. Remove and provide proof of treatment by a licensed exterminator.
When was Speedy Chen's Chinese Restaurant last inspected?
Speedy Chen's Chinese Restaurant has 43 inspections on record going back to July 13, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| January 10, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2020 | Fail | |
| July 31, 2019 | Pass | |
| June 25, 2019 | Fail | |
| June 20, 2019 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2019 | Pass | |
| January 7, 2019 | Fail | |
| July 6, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 28, 2018 | Fail | |
| January 17, 2018 | Pass | |
| January 9, 2018 | Fail |
Speedy Chen's Chinese Restaurant vs Charlestown
Charlestown runs 89% clean across 198 tracked restaurants — 171 clean, 7 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 198 spots Cooked tracks in Charlestown, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 January 10, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.