• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 14, 2019 →
• address500 Geneva Av, Dorchester 02122

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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)critical
• ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C)
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (C)

Americas Food Basket inspection and administrative history

Americas Food Basket has 50 inspections on record going back to November 6, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Americas Food Basket vs Dorchester

Dorchester runs 85% clean across 525 tracked restaurants — 429 clean, 33 mid, 44 cooked.

Against the 525 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, this one comes out cleaner than 8% of them.

Other spots in Dorchester

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  clean · March 5, 2009
• ✓ Francisco's Cafe El Original
  clean · June 11, 2008
• ✓ Bel-Cuisine Restaurant
  clean · June 26, 2009
• ✓ Mcdonalds
  clean · August 17, 2026
• ✓ Mcdonalds
  clean · June 9, 2026
• ✕ Henz Convenience Store Llc
  cooked · April 12, 2010

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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.

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