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Americas Food Basket
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 14, 2019
- address500 Geneva Av, Dorchester 02122
Is Americas Food Basket clean?
Americas Food Basket is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 14, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Americas Food Basket?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 14, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Yogurts inside of the Tropicana open air cooler with elevated temperatures between 48-62F. Ensure all TCS foods are being maintained at below 41F. All yogurts were removed at the time of the inspection.critical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Yogurts inside of the Tropicana open air cooler with elevated temperatures between 48-62F. Ensure all TCS foods are being maintained at below 41F. All yogurts were removed at the time of the inspection.
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Open air Tropicana cooler operating at 46F. Disocntinue use unless the unit is able to maintain a temperature of belwo 41F. All foods were removed from the unit at the time of the inspection. 2 Fans inside of the walk-in freezer were not operating at the time of the inspection. Address and make any necessary repairs. All other foods inside of the unit were frozen. Fan of the walk-in dairy cooler not operating properly. Address and make any necessary repairs. Unit was operating properly at the time of the inspection.Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Open air Tropicana cooler operating at 46F. Disocntinue use unless the unit is able to maintain a temperature of belwo 41F. All foods were removed from the unit at the time of the inspection. 2 Fans inside of the walk-in freezer were not operating at the time of the inspection. Address and make any necessary repairs. All other foods inside of the unit were frozen. Fan of the walk-in dairy cooler not operating properly. Address and make any necessary repairs. Unit was operating properly at the time of the inspection.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Floor of the walk-in freezer with heavy ice/frost build-up. Defrost and clean to remove. Floor of the second floor storage room with evidence of what appears to be rodent droppings debris and other opened packages of food. Clean to remove to help minimize any rodent activity.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Floor of the walk-in freezer with heavy ice/frost build-up. Defrost and clean to remove. Floor of the second floor storage room with evidence of what appears to be rodent droppings debris and other opened packages of food. Clean to remove to help minimize any rodent activity.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Hand sink in the meat department not draining properly. Address and make any necessary repairs.System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Hand sink in the meat department not draining properly. Address and make any necessary repairs.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (C) • Evidence of what appears to be rodent droppings under the storage shelf at the end of the pet food isle. Address clean to remove and provide an up to date pest control report.Controlling Pests (C) • Evidence of what appears to be rodent droppings under the storage shelf at the end of the pet food isle. Address clean to remove and provide an up to date pest control report.
When was Americas Food Basket last inspected?
Americas Food Basket has 50 inspections on record going back to November 6, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| November 26, 2019 | — | |
| November 14, 2019 | Fail | |
| May 1, 2019 | — | |
| April 24, 2019 | Fail | |
| January 24, 2019 | — | |
| January 17, 2019 | — | |
| January 10, 2019 | Fail | |
| July 30, 2018 | — | |
| July 26, 2018 | Fail | |
| July 16, 2018 | Fail | |
| February 9, 2018 | Pass |
Americas Food Basket vs Dorchester
Dorchester runs 85% clean across 542 tracked restaurants — 445 clean, 31 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 542 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, this one comes out cleaner than 8% of them.
Other spots in Dorchester
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 14, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.