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Boloco
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 3, 2022
- address133 Federal St, Boston 02110
Is Boloco clean?
Boloco is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 3, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Boloco?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 3, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • keep all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution when cloths are not in use.Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • keep all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution when cloths are not in use.
- ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • remove rust buildup on top of the grease trap under the drainboard at the 3 compartment sink. On the bottom shelf to the prep table in the kitchen remove paper taped to the shelf. Remove the paper.Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • remove rust buildup on top of the grease trap under the drainboard at the 3 compartment sink. On the bottom shelf to the prep table in the kitchen remove paper taped to the shelf. Remove the paper.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • In the walk in cooler clean the top of the red onion container.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • In the walk in cooler clean the top of the red onion container.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • clean the floor area under the convection oven in the kitchen. aremove buildup of soils on the floor area.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • clean the floor area under the convection oven in the kitchen. aremove buildup of soils on the floor area.
When was Boloco last inspected?
Boloco has 43 inspections on record going back to December 14, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| October 31, 2022 | — | |
| August 3, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 27, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| October 29, 2021 | Pass | |
| June 1, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 24, 2021 | Fail | |
| February 6, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2020 | Fail | |
| August 12, 2019 | — | |
| March 26, 2019 | Pass |
Boloco vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 August 3, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.