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Chacarero
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 22, 2026
- address93 Arch St, Boston 02110
Is Chacarero clean?
Chacarero is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 22, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Chacarero?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention Air Gap (P) • No air gap observed on prep sink. Provide or submit a quote from a plumber to request a variance.criticalBackflow Prevention Air Gap (P) • No air gap observed on prep sink. Provide or submit a quote from a plumber to request a variance.
- ⚠️Light Bulbs Protective Shielding (C) • Light sheild missing in bakery area. Replace.Light Bulbs Protective Shielding (C) • Light sheild missing in bakery area. Replace.
When was Chacarero last inspected?
Chacarero has 55 inspections on record going back to December 10, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 15, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 8, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| October 31, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 24, 2024 | — | |
| October 16, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| September 12, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 30, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| January 11, 2023 | Pass |
Chacarero vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.