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Zen Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 27, 2018
- address21 Beacon St, Boston 02108
Is Zen Restaurant clean?
Zen Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 27, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Zen Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 27, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PHF's Properly Thawed • Raw fish defrosting in stagnant water. Remove defrost under running water or refrigeration.PHF's Properly Thawed • Raw fish defrosting in stagnant water. Remove defrost under running water or refrigeration.
- ⚠️Food Protection • Case of fish left on floor in sushi area . Remove store 6inches floor the floor.Food Protection • Case of fish left on floor in sushi area . Remove store 6inches floor the floor.
- ⚠️Food Utensil Storage • Scoop handle found in food products. Remove store with handles up . Plastic cup used for scoop . Discontinue use of plastic cup scoop with handle only. Rice spoons fstore in stagnant cold water . Remove Store only clean and dry or in water above 140FFood Utensil Storage • Scoop handle found in food products. Remove store with handles up . Plastic cup used for scoop . Discontinue use of plastic cup scoop with handle only. Rice spoons fstore in stagnant cold water . Remove Store only clean and dry or in water above 140F
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Heavly scored cutting board at sushi counter . Remove Replace with new cutting or resuface.Food Contact Surfaces Design • Heavly scored cutting board at sushi counter . Remove Replace with new cutting or resuface.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Soil and grease buildup at cookline . Clean to remove all grease in between equipment.Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Soil and grease buildup at cookline . Clean to remove all grease in between equipment.
- ⚠️Location Accessible • Raw fish found in handsink in Sushi Area and serving tray found in handsink in back area. Remove Hand sink area for hand washing only.criticalLocation Accessible • Raw fish found in handsink in Sushi Area and serving tray found in handsink in back area. Remove Hand sink area for hand washing only.
- ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed • Soils and food debris on floors under equipment . Clean to remove.Floors Designed Constructed Installed • Soils and food debris on floors under equipment . Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Soils and food debris on wall in warewash area. Clean to removve all soils.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Soils and food debris on wall in warewash area. Clean to removve all soils.
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • Empty boxes stacked behind cookline. Remove all clutter.Premises Maintained • Empty boxes stacked behind cookline. Remove all clutter.
- ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • No current letter from true world foods regard parasites control on raw fish last one 2013 . Provide current letter.criticalPIC Performing Duties • No current letter from true world foods regard parasites control on raw fish last one 2013 . Provide current letter.
When was Zen Restaurant last inspected?
Zen Restaurant has 58 inspections on record going back to April 3, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| June 27, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 20, 2018 | Fail | |
| September 20, 2017 | Pass | |
| September 12, 2017 | Fail | |
| March 28, 2017 | Pass | |
| March 21, 2017 | Fail | |
| March 21, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 8, 2017 | Fail | |
| January 11, 2017 | — | |
| January 4, 2017 | Fail | |
| May 12, 2016 | Pass |
Zen Restaurant vs Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill runs 85% clean across 149 tracked restaurants — 123 clean, 10 mid, 11 cooked.
Against the 149 spots Cooked tracks in Beacon Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 June 27, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.