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Tsurutontan Udon Noodle
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 24, 2025
- address512 Commonwealth Av, Boston 02215
Is Tsurutontan Udon Noodle clean?
Tsurutontan Udon Noodle is currently listed as closed by Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, as of its inspection on February 24, 2025. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Tsurutontan Udon Noodle?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • Priority violations cited. Provide active managerial control.(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • Priority violations cited. Provide active managerial control.
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Multiple squeeze bottles not labeled. Provide.Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Multiple squeeze bottles not labeled. Provide.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Containers of prepared foods in reach in coolers not date marked. Provide.Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Containers of prepared foods in reach in coolers not date marked. Provide.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils visible under cookline equipment. Clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils visible under cookline equipment. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Broken out of use under counter ice machine at cookline. REMOVE.Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Broken out of use under counter ice machine at cookline. REMOVE.
- ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood tag expired. Provide current.Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood tag expired. Provide current.
- ⚠️Conformance with Approved Procedures (Pf) • Rice logs not updated. Properly log rice PH daily as required by HACCP plan.Conformance with Approved Procedures (Pf) • Rice logs not updated. Properly log rice PH daily as required by HACCP plan.
When was Tsurutontan Udon Noodle last inspected?
Tsurutontan Udon Noodle has 26 inspections on record going back to January 15, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 3, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| February 24, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 4, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| August 2, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 29, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 8, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 1, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| June 2, 2023 | — |
Tsurutontan Udon Noodle vs Fenway
Fenway runs 89% clean across 433 tracked restaurants — 379 clean, 23 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 433 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 February 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.