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Xi'an Biang Biang Noodle
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 14, 2019
- address30 Massachusetts Av, Boston 02115
Is Xi'an Biang Biang Noodle clean?
Xi'an Biang Biang Noodle is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 14, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Xi'an Biang Biang Noodle?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 14, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • provide clean up kit and written proceduresClean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • provide clean up kit and written procedures
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • high temp/provide 160 strips or irreversible mechanical thermometerTemperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • high temp/provide 160 strips or irreversible mechanical thermometer
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • clean/sanitize all pots/pans(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • clean/sanitize all pots/pans
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • hot line/clean all equipment and remove foil clean all silver shelving and microwave clean interior/exterior of reach in unitsNonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • hot line/clean all equipment and remove foil clean all silver shelving and microwave clean interior/exterior of reach in units
- ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • kitchen/clean floor area unde all cooking equipment and reach in units/prep sinksSurface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • kitchen/clean floor area unde all cooking equipment and reach in units/prep sinks
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • clean/organize mop closetMaintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • clean/organize mop closet
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • restroom/replace stained ceiling tiles kitchen/large duct pipe running through kitchen/must be smooth easily cleanable ceiling remove storage from mechanical roomRepairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • restroom/replace stained ceiling tiles kitchen/large duct pipe running through kitchen/must be smooth easily cleanable ceiling remove storage from mechanical room
When was Xi'an Biang Biang Noodle last inspected?
Xi'an Biang Biang Noodle has 21 inspections on record going back to July 18, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| December 15, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| May 27, 2021 | — | |
| October 13, 2020 | — | |
| November 25, 2019 | — | |
| November 14, 2019 | Fail | |
| January 17, 2018 | — | |
| December 5, 2017 | Pass |
Xi'an Biang Biang Noodle vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 14, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.