Moon Flower House

20 Kneeland St, Boston, MA 02111

Failed · Aug 13, 2025 Directions
56
Poor BiteKarma score 56 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Keeps coming up: System maintained in good repair, cited 3 times, plus 10 other repeat issues.
  • Passed 3 of 12 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Aug 13, 2025: failed with 3 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • 15 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 12 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Failed Aug 13

    Inspection

    3 violations
    • Minor Cleaning ventilation systems nuisance and discharge prohibition
    • Minor Outside receptacles
    • Minor Ventilation hood systems filters
  3. Failed Aug 6

    Inspection

    17 violations, 6 critical
    • Critical When to wash
    • Critical Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance
    • Critical Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding
    • Critical Hand drying provision
    • Critical Sanitizing solutions testing devices
    • Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
    • Minor Effectiveness-hair restraints
    • Minor Thawing
    • Minor Ventilation hood systems filters
    • Minor In-use utensils between-use storage
    • Minor Outside receptacles
    • Minor Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
    • Minor Maintaining premises unnecessary items and litter
    • Minor Certified food protection manager
    • Minor Miscellaneous sources of contamination
    • Minor Cleaning ventilation systems nuisance and discharge prohibition
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
  4. Passed Apr 7

    Reinspection

    No violations

  5. 2024
  6. Failed Dec 27

    Inspection

    6 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical System maintained in good repair
    • Critical Person-in-charge-duties
    • Critical Discarding or reconditioning unsafe adulterated or contaminated food
    • Minor Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability
    • Minor Repairing-premises structures attachments and fixtures-methods
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces

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