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Cq Bbq & Taco
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 12, 2024
- address79 Hancock St, Dorchester 02125
Is Cq Bbq & Taco clean?
Cq Bbq & Taco is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 12, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Cq Bbq & Taco?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 12, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean floor drain to remove odors.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean floor drain to remove odors.
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Remove clutter from rear storage area.Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Remove clutter from rear storage area.
- ⚠️Unpaid Health Permit 2024Unpaid Health Permit 2024
- ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Exhausthood sticker expired service exhausthood by licensed cleaner and Provide current sticker.Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Exhausthood sticker expired service exhausthood by licensed cleaner and Provide current sticker.
When was Cq Bbq & Taco last inspected?
Cq Bbq & Taco has 16 inspections on record going back to October 16, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| February 12, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| September 18, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 5, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| February 17, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 10, 2022 | Fail | |
| February 3, 2022 | Fail | |
| September 13, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 2, 2021 | Fail |
Cq Bbq & Taco 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 13% 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 February 12, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.