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Boston Chops Downtown

Latest: PASS October 29, 2025

📍 Neighborhood: Leather District

🚇 Nearest Transit: Downtown Crossing (Red Line)

Address
52A TEMPLE PL
Chinatown, MA 02111
Inspection History
9 inspections
3 failures
License
License #511785
Last inspected: October 29, 2025

Inspection History (9 most recent)

PASS October 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
4 violations
590.003/3-302.12-C - Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C): Throughout the kitchen there are in use squeeze bottles without name labels; provide name labels for items removed from bulk packaging and placed into new contai...
FAIL October 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
4 violations
590.003/3-302.12-C - Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C): Throughout the kitchen there are in use squeeze bottles without name labels; provide name labels for items removed from bulk packaging and placed into new contai...
PASS November 15, 2024 at 4:14 PM
4 violations
590.003/3-307.11-C - Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C): Dry cloth in the refrigerated drawer in contact with food. Removed by PIC | 590.003/3-501.14-P - Cooling (P): Vegetable stock in the walkin made at 10am this morning at 71F. Discarde...
FAIL November 8, 2024 at 11:06 PM
4 violations
590.003/3-307.11-C - Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C): Dry cloth in the refrigerated drawer in contact with food. Removed by PIC | 590.003/3-501.14-P - Cooling (P): Vegetable stock in the walkin made at 10am this morning at 71F. Discarde...
PASS W/ CONDITIONS October 31, 2024 at 7:15 PM
0 violations
PASS October 12, 2024 at 6:07 PM
4 violations
590.002/2-201.12-P - Exclusions & Restrictions (P): Per a reported Hep A case by BPHC Affected employees must discontinue working and exit the establishment. Employees must provide all necessary documentation as requested by BPHC before approv...
PASS W/ CONDITIONS November 15, 2023 at 11:10 PM
3 violations
590.004/4-102.11-C - Characteristics-Single-Service and Single-Use (C): Discard any plastic food grade containers that are being reused again in the restaurant - plastic containers with cracked lids - containers with visibly broken edges - smaller...
PASS November 10, 2022 at 3:16 PM
1 violation
590.004/4-501.114-P - Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P): Kitchen dish machine not rinsing above 140F. Service as needed to reach 160F on rinse cycle.
FAIL November 9, 2022 at 3:50 PM
1 violation
590.004/4-501.114-P - Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P): Kitchen dish machine not rinsing above 140F. Service as needed to reach 160F on rinse cycle.
Data sourced directly from Boston Inspectional Services Department