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Aaa Grocery
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 19, 2015
- address181 Washington St, Dorchester 02121
Is Aaa Grocery clean?
Aaa Grocery is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 19, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Aaa Grocery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 19, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Labeling of Ingredients • Offering bulk repackaged american cheese raw herring and raw frozen chicken parts in ziploc bags without proper label. Discontinue. Provide proper labeling per code requirements.criticalLabeling of Ingredients • Offering bulk repackaged american cheese raw herring and raw frozen chicken parts in ziploc bags without proper label. Discontinue. Provide proper labeling per code requirements.
- ⚠️Safe Food Handeling Instructions • Frozen raw chicken being offered for retail sale without proper safe food handling labeling. Provide proper labeling with safe food handling instructions.Safe Food Handeling Instructions • Frozen raw chicken being offered for retail sale without proper safe food handling labeling. Provide proper labeling with safe food handling instructions.
- ⚠️Food Protection • Ice being kept in coffine freezer under stairwell. Remove freezer from under stairwell and store foods protected away from potential sources of contamination. Boxes of dry food goods being stored under what appears to be awaste drain in basement. Remove. Slush being offered for self service retail sale. Discontinue. Remove slush. Retail food only.Food Protection • Ice being kept in coffine freezer under stairwell. Remove freezer from under stairwell and store foods protected away from potential sources of contamination. Boxes of dry food goods being stored under what appears to be awaste drain in basement. Remove. Slush being offered for self service retail sale. Discontinue. Remove slush. Retail food only.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Gas range behind counter appears to be installed with non commercial grade gas line attached to a propane tank. Remove. Referral to be made to Boston Fire Department. Produce cooler in rear of store missing equipment motor cover. Repair.Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Gas range behind counter appears to be installed with non commercial grade gas line attached to a propane tank. Remove. Referral to be made to Boston Fire Department. Produce cooler in rear of store missing equipment motor cover. Repair.
- ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • Retail food only permit. Establisnment cooking foods on small gas range behind counter and offering for sale. Hot holding cabinet with empanadas being offered for sale. Establishment preparing foods without means to wash/rinse/sanitize/air dry equipment. Discontinue until proper permits obtained and dishwashing facilities installed after plan review at 1010 Massachusetts Avenue 4th floor health division.Dishwashng Facilities • Retail food only permit. Establisnment cooking foods on small gas range behind counter and offering for sale. Hot holding cabinet with empanadas being offered for sale. Establishment preparing foods without means to wash/rinse/sanitize/air dry equipment. Discontinue until proper permits obtained and dishwashing facilities installed after plan review at 1010 Massachusetts Avenue 4th floor health division.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Establishment preparing foods on gas range without means to properly sanitize equipment being used for food production. Discontinue preparing foods without means to wash/rinse/sanitize/air dry equipment. Retail food permit only. Prepackaged labeled retail food only.criticalFood Contact Surfaces Clean • Establishment preparing foods on gas range without means to properly sanitize equipment being used for food production. Discontinue preparing foods without means to wash/rinse/sanitize/air dry equipment. Retail food permit only. Prepackaged labeled retail food only.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Coffin freezer filled with ice being stored under basement stairs exterior soiled with dust and grime. Clean to remove.Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Coffin freezer filled with ice being stored under basement stairs exterior soiled with dust and grime. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage • Knives being stored in hand sink behind front counter. Pans being stored on floor below propane range. Wash/rinse/sanitize/air dry store clean equipment properly.Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage • Knives being stored in hand sink behind front counter. Pans being stored on floor below propane range. Wash/rinse/sanitize/air dry store clean equipment properly.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Trash on floor in basement. Clean to remove. Floors in retail area next to cooler #11 in disrepair covered with soiled carpet. Repair. Clean all floors throughout with proper frequency.Improper Maintenance of Floors • Trash on floor in basement. Clean to remove. Floors in retail area next to cooler #11 in disrepair covered with soiled carpet. Repair. Clean all floors throughout with proper frequency.
- ⚠️Rooms and Equipment Vented • Gas range in use behind front retail service counter without proper commercial hood. Obtain proper permits and install commercial hood system.Rooms and Equipment Vented • Gas range in use behind front retail service counter without proper commercial hood. Obtain proper permits and install commercial hood system.
When was Aaa Grocery last inspected?
Aaa Grocery has 7 inspections on record going back to February 11, 2014.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| August 1, 2017 | — | |
| January 5, 2017 | — | |
| July 15, 2016 | — | |
| November 19, 2015 | Pass | |
| November 12, 2015 | Fail | |
| February 11, 2014 | — |
Aaa Grocery vs Roxbury
Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.
Against the 708 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 19, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.