Cooked?
Boloco
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 21, 2015
- address359 Huntington Av, Boston 02115
Is Boloco clean?
Boloco is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 21, 2015. 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 Boloco?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 21, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • Observed employee serving food at front service line with no hair restraint- Corrected at time of inspectionClean Cloths Hair Restraint • Observed employee serving food at front service line with no hair restraint- Corrected at time of inspection
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Interior panel of ice machine missing causing ice to buildup and spill onto floor- Replace Door to ice machine missing bolt on hinge- Replace Drink cooler at front service area leaking causing water to pool on floor- RepairNon-Food Contact Surfaces • Interior panel of ice machine missing causing ice to buildup and spill onto floor- Replace Door to ice machine missing bolt on hinge- Replace Drink cooler at front service area leaking causing water to pool on floor- Repair
- ⚠️Separation/Sanitizer Criteria • Quats sanitizer 400+ppm. Ensure sanitizer is maintained at 200-400ppm. Ecolab at establishment making repairs at time of inspection. Continue to add water to quats sanitizer solution until proper repairs are madecriticalSeparation/Sanitizer Criteria • Quats sanitizer 400+ppm. Ensure sanitizer is maintained at 200-400ppm. Ecolab at establishment making repairs at time of inspection. Continue to add water to quats sanitizer solution until proper repairs are made
When was Boloco last inspected?
Boloco has 37 inspections on record going back to February 25, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| May 11, 2016 | — | |
| September 28, 2015 | — | |
| September 21, 2015 | Fail | |
| May 4, 2015 | Pass | |
| April 27, 2015 | Fail | |
| December 2, 2014 | Pass | |
| November 25, 2014 | Fail | |
| April 25, 2014 | Pass | |
| April 17, 2014 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| June 27, 2013 | — |
Boloco vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 September 21, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.