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The Best Little Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 20, 2020
- address13 Hudson St, Boston 02111
Is The Best Little Restaurant clean?
The Best Little Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 20, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Best Little Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 20, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Keep all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution when not in use.Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Keep all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution when not in use.
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • use scoops with handles for dispensing bulk food itwms.Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • use scoops with handles for dispensing bulk food itwms.
- ⚠️Thawing (C) • Provide proper methods for thawing frozen food products. Frozen item was submerged in a pot of stagnant water.Thawing (C) • Provide proper methods for thawing frozen food products. Frozen item was submerged in a pot of stagnant water.
- ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C) • Replace worn and scoured cutting board on cold units in the kitchen. Remove large circular cutting board on the prep table in the kitchen.Cutting Surfaces (C) • Replace worn and scoured cutting board on cold units in the kitchen. Remove large circular cutting board on the prep table in the kitchen.
- ⚠️Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils-Frequency (C) • Clean all cooking equipment on the hot line. Focus on all food contact surfaces.Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils-Frequency (C) • Clean all cooking equipment on the hot line. Focus on all food contact surfaces.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • clean the drain compartments tot the fryalators Clean top of dish machine.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • clean the drain compartments tot the fryalators Clean top of dish machine.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean floor through the kitchen. Focus on areas under cooking equipment tables and corners of kitchen. Clean floor area around the water heater Clean hood above the cooking line. Remove grease buildup on the ansul system pipes.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean floor through the kitchen. Focus on areas under cooking equipment tables and corners of kitchen. Clean floor area around the water heater Clean hood above the cooking line. Remove grease buildup on the ansul system pipes.
When was The Best Little Restaurant last inspected?
The Best Little Restaurant has 40 inspections on record going back to March 23, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| November 20, 2020 | Pass | |
| November 14, 2020 | Fail | |
| August 4, 2020 | Pass | |
| July 23, 2020 | Fail | |
| October 30, 2019 | Pass | |
| October 17, 2018 | Pass | |
| December 16, 2016 | Pass | |
| December 7, 2016 | Fail | |
| November 21, 2016 | Fail | |
| December 5, 2014 | Pass |
The Best Little Restaurant vs Leather District
Leather District runs 86% clean across 188 tracked restaurants — 149 clean, 11 mid, 13 cooked.
Against the 188 spots Cooked tracks in Leather District, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 November 20, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.