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Central Convenience
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 29, 2009
- address218 Blue Hill Av, Dorchester 02125
Is Central Convenience clean?
Central Convenience is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 29, 2009. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Central Convenience?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 29, 2009, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cold Holding • All PHF'S in front cold holding unit at 53F-57F. Temperatures checked and verified by PIC Mauricio. Condemnation form filled out. PIC Mauricio stated all PHF'S had been out of temperature for around 19hrs.Discontinue use of unit until fixed.criticalCold Holding • All PHF'S in front cold holding unit at 53F-57F. Temperatures checked and verified by PIC Mauricio. Condemnation form filled out. PIC Mauricio stated all PHF'S had been out of temperature for around 19hrs.Discontinue use of unit until fixed.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • 3Door upright Beverage-Air freezer not operational. Discontinue use until unit is working properly (Technician on site). All foods were still semi solid. PIC removed them and put them into an operational freezer. Cold holding unit at front counter has not been operational since yesterday afternoon (1/21/09). Technician on site and unit is not to be used until repaired.Non-Food Contact Surfaces • 3Door upright Beverage-Air freezer not operational. Discontinue use until unit is working properly (Technician on site). All foods were still semi solid. PIC removed them and put them into an operational freezer. Cold holding unit at front counter has not been operational since yesterday afternoon (1/21/09). Technician on site and unit is not to be used until repaired.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Bottom shelf of open cold holding unit visibly soiled. Clean to remove. Bottom shelf of 4 door Gem cooler visibly soiled. Clean to remove.Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Bottom shelf of open cold holding unit visibly soiled. Clean to remove. Bottom shelf of 4 door Gem cooler visibly soiled. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded • Lights over retail portion of store not shielded. Provide.Fixture's not properly shielded • Lights over retail portion of store not shielded. Provide.
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • Remove all unecessary equipment and tools from back storage room.Premises Maintained • Remove all unecessary equipment and tools from back storage room.
When was Central Convenience last inspected?
Central Convenience has 6 inspections on record going back to June 15, 2007.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| January 29, 2009 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2009 | Fail | |
| April 24, 2008 | Pass | |
| April 16, 2008 | Fail | |
| June 15, 2007 | Pass |
Central Convenience vs Roxbury
Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.
Against the 708 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 29, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.