Chilacates

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 22, 2026
• address275A Shawmut Av, Roxbury 02118

Is Chilacates clean?

Chilacates is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 22, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Chilacates?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • Provide and post a certified food managers & allergen awareness certificates from a full time employee.
  (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • Provide and post a certified food managers & allergen awareness certificates from a full time employee.
• ⚠️Food Labels (Pf) • Provide labels with ingredients on all packaged items.
  Food Labels (Pf) • Provide labels with ingredients on all packaged items.
• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Provide working internal thermometers in the lower walkin unit & the open top reachin at the counter.
  Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Provide working internal thermometers in the lower walkin unit & the open top reachin at the counter.
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the interior of the open top reachin unit to remove soils
  Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the interior of the open top reachin unit to remove soils
• ⚠️Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Clean the outside trash location to remove all unnecessary debris & clutter. Clean & organize
  Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Clean the outside trash location to remove all unnecessary debris & clutter. Clean & organize
• ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • There is a large hole in the mop closet wall.Repair (possible pest access)
  Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • There is a large hole in the mop closet wall.Repair (possible pest access)

When was Chilacates last inspected?

Chilacates has 34 inspections on record going back to February 8, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Chilacates vs South End

South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.

Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 19% of them.

Other spots in South End

• ✓ Totto Ramen
  clean · April 7, 2026
• ✕ The Westland
  cooked · June 12, 2026
• ✓ Boston Medical Center
  clean · May 15, 2026
• ✓ Dunkin Donuts
  clean · February 9, 2026
• ✓ Wayfair (Jugos Popup)
  clean · February 28, 2019
• ✓ Panini Sante
  clean · March 20, 2023

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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 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.