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Boloco
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 10, 2019
- address569 Boylston St, Boston 02116
Is Boloco clean?
Boloco is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 10, 2019. 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 May 10, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean the exteriors of bulk storage bins to remove soils.Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean the exteriors of bulk storage bins to remove soils.
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • Hot water faucet in employee rest room broken.Repair Discussed handwashing with the PICInstalled and Maintained • Hot water faucet in employee rest room broken.Repair Discussed handwashing with the PIC
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Rodent droppings observed on floor behind storage shelf.PIC to contact pest control company.Provide full pest report upon re-inspection.Insects Rodents Animals • Rodent droppings observed on floor behind storage shelf.PIC to contact pest control company.Provide full pest report upon re-inspection.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floors to remove evidence of rodent droppings & debris.Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floors to remove evidence of rodent droppings & debris.
When was Boloco last inspected?
Boloco has 26 inspections on record going back to January 28, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| May 10, 2019 | Pass | |
| May 1, 2019 | Fail | |
| August 7, 2018 | Pass | |
| July 25, 2018 | Fail | |
| February 16, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 9, 2018 | Fail | |
| August 10, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 2, 2017 | Fail | |
| July 6, 2016 | Pass | |
| June 17, 2016 | Fail | |
| October 21, 2015 | Pass |
Boloco vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 May 10, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.