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Spicy World
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 11, 2023
- address7 Beach St, Boston 02111
Is Spicy World clean?
Spicy World is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 11, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Spicy World?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 11, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Containers of raw chopped garlic in oil in cooler without date marking. Date mark prepped foods held over 24 hours discard after 7 daysReady-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Containers of raw chopped garlic in oil in cooler without date marking. Date mark prepped foods held over 24 hours discard after 7 days
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior and door to ice machine with soils. Clean and maintain(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Interior and door to ice machine with soils. Clean and maintain
- ⚠️Dry Cleaning-Methods (C) • Grease and food under cookline equipment- fryer and wok. Clean and maintainDry Cleaning-Methods (C) • Grease and food under cookline equipment- fryer and wok. Clean and maintain
- ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood sticker expired. Provide cleaning dateCleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood sticker expired. Provide cleaning date
- ⚠️Cleaning of Plumbing Fixtures (C) • Hand sink basin in kitchen with soils. Clean to prevent contamination. Hand sinks for hand washing only.Cleaning of Plumbing Fixtures (C) • Hand sink basin in kitchen with soils. Clean to prevent contamination. Hand sinks for hand washing only.
When was Spicy World last inspected?
Spicy World has 32 inspections on record going back to January 8, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| November 28, 2023 | closed by the city | |
| August 11, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 4, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 16, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 9, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 2, 2023 | Fail | |
| September 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 13, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| March 11, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 1, 2022 | Fail |
Spicy World vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 85% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 22 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 15% of them.
Other spots in Chinatown
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 11, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.