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Birria Taqueria
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 19, 2026
- address220 Columbia Rd, Dorchester 02121
Is Birria Taqueria clean?
Birria Taqueria is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 19, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Birria Taqueria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 19, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • The employee preparing and handling food does not have a hair restraint for use while handling and preparing food; provide effective hair restraints for food handlers.Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • The employee preparing and handling food does not have a hair restraint for use while handling and preparing food; provide effective hair restraints for food handlers.
- ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • In a cooling unit observed raw chicken stored directly above raw TCS salad that would not be cooked; the person in charge moved the raw chicken to the bottom of the cooler unit below all other foods; store raw proteins according to their proper hierarchy and always below raw TCS foods that will not be cooked.criticalPackaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • In a cooling unit observed raw chicken stored directly above raw TCS salad that would not be cooked; the person in charge moved the raw chicken to the bottom of the cooler unit below all other foods; store raw proteins according to their proper hierarchy and always below raw TCS foods that will not be cooked.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • At the flat top grill observed a container filled with 72F water and utensils with their food contact surfaces stored submerged in the water; cease this practice and store in use utensils on a clean and sanitized surface in water 135F and above or in cool running water. Observed plastic cups used to scoop bulk foods into smaller containers. Cease using scoops without handles and provide scoops with handles to prevent contamination by hands.In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • At the flat top grill observed a container filled with 72F water and utensils with their food contact surfaces stored submerged in the water; cease this practice and store in use utensils on a clean and sanitized surface in water 135F and above or in cool running water. Observed plastic cups used to scoop bulk foods into smaller containers. Cease using scoops without handles and provide scoops with handles to prevent contamination by hands.
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • In the hot holding case with the fried chicken and at the oven observed useage of aluminum foil to line surfaces. Stop using aluminum foil to line surface. Nonfood contact surfaces should be cleanable durable and non porous.Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • In the hot holding case with the fried chicken and at the oven observed useage of aluminum foil to line surfaces. Stop using aluminum foil to line surface. Nonfood contact surfaces should be cleanable durable and non porous.
- ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • The hood inspection sticker expired in January of 2026; have an approved hood cleaner perform service and provide an updated inspection sticker. The company listed New Gold Cleaning out of Rhode Island does not appear on the 2025 approved hood cleaners; please use a vendor from the approved hood cleaner's listed by the Boston Fire Department.Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • The hood inspection sticker expired in January of 2026; have an approved hood cleaner perform service and provide an updated inspection sticker. The company listed New Gold Cleaning out of Rhode Island does not appear on the 2025 approved hood cleaners; please use a vendor from the approved hood cleaner's listed by the Boston Fire Department.
- ⚠️Provide singage stating "A copy of the most recent health inspection is available upon request" visible to customers.Provide singage stating "A copy of the most recent health inspection is available upon request" visible to customers.
When was Birria Taqueria last inspected?
Birria Taqueria has 6 inspections on record going back to April 9, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 19, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 12, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 15, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 9, 2025 | Fail |
Birria Taqueria 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 February 19, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.