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Caribbean Flavors
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 23, 2024
- address1210 Blue Hill Av, Mattapan 02126
Is Caribbean Flavors clean?
Caribbean Flavors is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 23, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Caribbean Flavors?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 23, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Beef patties in the front service hot holding unit at 111F. Discontinue and ensure all TCS foods are being maintained at at 135F and above. Patties to be reheated to 165F to ensure no bacterial growth.critical(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Beef patties in the front service hot holding unit at 111F. Discontinue and ensure all TCS foods are being maintained at at 135F and above. Patties to be reheated to 165F to ensure no bacterial growth.
- ⚠️Preventing Contamination from Hands (P) • Employees observed slicing ready to eat produce without wearing gloves. Discontinue and ensure no bare hand contact with any ready to eat foods.criticalPreventing Contamination from Hands (P) • Employees observed slicing ready to eat produce without wearing gloves. Discontinue and ensure no bare hand contact with any ready to eat foods.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Interior of the single door cooler located next to the flat top burner with excess frost build-up. Defrost and clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Interior of the single door cooler located next to the flat top burner with excess frost build-up. Defrost and clean to remove.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Hood and Ventilation tags with a past expiration date from Sept. 2023. Address and provide up to date tags for the re-inspection.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Hood and Ventilation tags with a past expiration date from Sept. 2023. Address and provide up to date tags for the re-inspection.
When was Caribbean Flavors last inspected?
Caribbean Flavors has 18 inspections on record going back to January 30, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| January 23, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 25, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 10, 2023 | Fail | |
| July 27, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| January 6, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 17, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| January 18, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 10, 2022 | Fail |
Caribbean Flavors vs Mattapan
Mattapan runs 77% clean across 299 tracked restaurants — 217 clean, 38 mid, 26 cooked.
Against the 299 spots Cooked tracks in Mattapan, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 January 23, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.