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Caribe Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 26, 2021
- address559 Washington St, Dorchester 02124
Is Caribe Restaurant clean?
Caribe Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 26, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Caribe Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 26, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Label bulk food conatiners that do not have them after they have been cleaned.Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Label bulk food conatiners that do not have them after they have been cleaned.
- ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Hot holding cabinet at front counter holding foods beteen 119F to 121F. PIC will need to reheat food to 165F and turn up cabinet and keeep sliding doors closed. This needs to be monitored.critical(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Hot holding cabinet at front counter holding foods beteen 119F to 121F. PIC will need to reheat food to 165F and turn up cabinet and keeep sliding doors closed. This needs to be monitored.
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean interior of refrigweration of dry food and ice build up. Clean exteriot of refrigeration of dust build up (top sides and handles) Clean shelves in kitchen and warewashing area. Clean exterior of bulk food containers.Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean interior of refrigweration of dry food and ice build up. Clean exteriot of refrigeration of dust build up (top sides and handles) Clean shelves in kitchen and warewashing area. Clean exterior of bulk food containers.
- ⚠️Service Sink (C) • PIC dumps the mop water in the toliet. Location has no space for a mop sink. PIC will need to fill out a variance form that I emailed to you to get the ok to continue to use the toilet. Please fill out asap and send back via email.Service Sink (C) • PIC dumps the mop water in the toliet. Location has no space for a mop sink. PIC will need to fill out a variance form that I emailed to you to get the ok to continue to use the toilet. Please fill out asap and send back via email.
- ⚠️Receptacles (C) • Large brown trash barrel in kitchen will need to be cleaned. Soiled with dry food.Receptacles (C) • Large brown trash barrel in kitchen will need to be cleaned. Soiled with dry food.
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Besure hand sinks are stocked at all times. Provide paper towels.Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Besure hand sinks are stocked at all times. Provide paper towels.
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Hand sink is hanging off the wall. Please repair.Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Hand sink is hanging off the wall. Please repair.
When was Caribe Restaurant last inspected?
Caribe Restaurant has 53 inspections on record going back to May 14, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| May 26, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 12, 2021 | Fail | |
| February 3, 2021 | — | |
| January 26, 2021 | Fail | |
| September 11, 2020 | Pass | |
| September 3, 2020 | Fail | |
| February 3, 2020 | — | |
| January 23, 2020 | Fail | |
| June 24, 2019 | Pass | |
| June 14, 2019 | Fail | |
| February 4, 2019 | Pass |
Caribe Restaurant vs Dorchester
Dorchester runs 85% clean across 542 tracked restaurants — 445 clean, 31 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 542 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 26, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.