Cooked?
Calderon Market
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 8, 2021
- address140 Princeton St, East Boston 02128
Is Calderon Market clean?
Calderon Market is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 8, 2021. 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 Calderon Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 8, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Safe Unadulterated and Honestly Presented (P) • Ice cream freezer at retail area with several ice cream and other frozen product not frozen. PIC have placed a sign on freezer indicating is out of order but food still inside it. PIC states he is waiting to return them. Ensure that food is taken is removed from retail area and stored away separated. Ensure that all food is safe unadulterated and honestly presented.criticalSafe Unadulterated and Honestly Presented (P) • Ice cream freezer at retail area with several ice cream and other frozen product not frozen. PIC have placed a sign on freezer indicating is out of order but food still inside it. PIC states he is waiting to return them. Ensure that food is taken is removed from retail area and stored away separated. Ensure that all food is safe unadulterated and honestly presented.
- ⚠️Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf) • Ice Cream Freezer at retail area out of order/broken. Repair.Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf) • Ice Cream Freezer at retail area out of order/broken. Repair.
- ⚠️Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C) • Several ceiling tiles at retail area damaged or stained. No leaks at this time. Replace.Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C) • Several ceiling tiles at retail area damaged or stained. No leaks at this time. Replace.
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Part of the lower level ceiling damaged by a previous leak. Repair.Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Part of the lower level ceiling damaged by a previous leak. Repair.
- ⚠️8-304.11 (A) Post the current permit in a location in the food establishment that is conspicuous to consumers.8-304.11 (A) Post the current permit in a location in the food establishment that is conspicuous to consumers.
When was Calderon Market last inspected?
Calderon Market has 18 inspections on record going back to May 13, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2021 | — | |
| March 8, 2021 | Fail | |
| July 13, 2020 | Pass | |
| November 5, 2019 | Pass | |
| October 18, 2019 | Fail | |
| October 22, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 6, 2017 | — | |
| May 25, 2016 | — | |
| July 28, 2015 | — | |
| July 24, 2015 | Fail | |
| January 15, 2015 | Pass |
Calderon Market vs East Boston
East Boston runs 92% clean across 529 tracked restaurants — 472 clean, 19 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 529 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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 March 8, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.