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C-Mart Herald Street
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 22, 2025
- address50 Herald St, Roxbury 02118
Is C-Mart Herald Street clean?
C-Mart Herald Street is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 22, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at C-Mart Herald Street?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Where to Wash (Pf) • Employee observed washing hands in three bay sink. Hand washing should only take place at hand sink.Where to Wash (Pf) • Employee observed washing hands in three bay sink. Hand washing should only take place at hand sink.
- ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Employees observed without hair restraint. Provide.Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Employees observed without hair restraint. Provide.
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Food product observed stored on the ground. Elevate to prevent potential contamination.Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Food product observed stored on the ground. Elevate to prevent potential contamination.
- ⚠️(A) Consumer Self-Service Operations (P) • Frozen raw fish left out for self service with no barriers. Discontinue.critical(A) Consumer Self-Service Operations (P) • Frozen raw fish left out for self service with no barriers. Discontinue.
- ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C) • Cutting boards in seafood area heavily soiled and scored. Replace all cutting boards.Cutting Surfaces (C) • Cutting boards in seafood area heavily soiled and scored. Replace all cutting boards.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Ice machine in seafood area observed with black build up inside the interior of the unit. Clean to remove. Shelfing in seafood walk in cooler observed heavily rusted. Replace.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Ice machine in seafood area observed with black build up inside the interior of the unit. Clean to remove. Shelfing in seafood walk in cooler observed heavily rusted. Replace.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Excess water observed on ground of seafood area. Second floor storage room observed with soils and debris on floor. Walk in freezer observed with soils on floor. Clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Excess water observed on ground of seafood area. Second floor storage room observed with soils and debris on floor. Walk in freezer observed with soils on floor. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Seafood hand sink observed with buckets in hand sink. Only use hand sink for hand washing.Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Seafood hand sink observed with buckets in hand sink. Only use hand sink for hand washing.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Missing ceiling tiles in seafood area and in retail area. Provide.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Missing ceiling tiles in seafood area and in retail area. Provide.
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Hole observred on the top of walk in cooler in back of establishment. Repair as necessary.Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Hole observred on the top of walk in cooler in back of establishment. Repair as necessary.
When was C-Mart Herald Street last inspected?
C-Mart Herald Street has 86 inspections on record going back to January 20, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 11, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 20, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 7, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 31, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 15, 2025 | — | |
| June 6, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 30, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 17, 2024 | Fail | |
| December 10, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 12, 2024 | Pass |
C-Mart Herald Street vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 85% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 22 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 December 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.