Pho Real

279 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02116

Passed re-check · Mar 22, 2024 Directions
51
Poor BiteKarma score 51 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

  • Passed 4 of 8 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Last inspected Mar 22, 2024: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Mar 18, 2024. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Hand drying provision, cited 2 times, plus 4 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 8 visits

  1. 2024
  2. Passed Mar 22

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. Failed Mar 18

    Inspection

    16 violations, 8 critical
    • Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
    • Critical Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance
    • Critical Sanitizing solutions testing devices
    • Critical Person-in-charge-duties
    • Critical Hand drying provision
    • Critical Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
    • Critical Common name-working containers
    • Critical Temperature measuring devices manual and mechanical warewashing
    • Minor Sponges use limitation
    • Minor Wiping cloths air drying location
    • Minor Cleaning ventilation systems nuisance and discharge prohibition
    • Minor In-use utensils between-use storage
    • Minor Effectiveness-hair restraints
    • Minor Wiping cloths use limitation
    • Minor Food storage-preventing contamination from the premises
    • Minor System maintained in good repair
  4. 2023
  5. Passed Oct 2

    Reinspection

    No violations

  6. Failed Sep 25

    Inspection

    4 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Hand drying provision
    • Critical Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
    • Minor Sponges use limitation
    • Minor Outer openings protected

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