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The Hot Spot
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 26, 2017
- address154 Harvard Av, Allston 02134
Is The Hot Spot clean?
The Hot Spot is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 26, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Hot Spot?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 26, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • remove shipping material on the exterior of all of the new equipment in the kitchen and basement.Non-Food Contact Surfaces • remove shipping material on the exterior of all of the new equipment in the kitchen and basement.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • remove rust buildup from surface of wok area in the main kitchen.Food Contact Surfaces Clean • remove rust buildup from surface of wok area in the main kitchen.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean and sanitize all equiment tables shelves asnd other surfaces in theis kitchen.Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean and sanitize all equiment tables shelves asnd other surfaces in theis kitchen.
- ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • replace missing hood filters to hood above the cooking line.Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • replace missing hood filters to hood above the cooking line.
When was The Hot Spot last inspected?
The Hot Spot has 5 inspections on record going back to August 26, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| July 26, 2017 | Pass | |
| July 11, 2017 | Fail | |
| August 26, 2015 | Pass |
The Hot Spot vs Allston
Allston runs 88% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 415 clean, 35 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 July 26, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.