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Cruz Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 14, 2013
- address237 Bowdoin St, Dorchester 02122
Is Cruz Market clean?
Cruz Market is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 14, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cruz Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 14, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Spoilage Unsafe Food • Rotten fruit in produce areas (shelves & refrigeration unit). Address to help with fruit fly problem.criticalSpoilage Unsafe Food • Rotten fruit in produce areas (shelves & refrigeration unit). Address to help with fruit fly problem.
- ⚠️Approved Source • PIC stated that filling for chicken patties is made at home. Discontinue. PIC discarded.criticalApproved Source • PIC stated that filling for chicken patties is made at home. Discontinue. PIC discarded.
- ⚠️Food Container Labels • Price tags covering dates on small baby food jars. Address and remove stickers.Food Container Labels • Price tags covering dates on small baby food jars. Address and remove stickers.
- ⚠️Cold Holding • Chicken filling for chicken patties at 64F. Cold holding must be below 41F.criticalCold Holding • Chicken filling for chicken patties at 64F. Cold holding must be below 41F.
- ⚠️Food Protection • Some dented cans found on retail shelf. PIC need to monitor and segregate for quick sale.Food Protection • Some dented cans found on retail shelf. PIC need to monitor and segregate for quick sale.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Home style deep fryer used to cook patties in back room. No hood vent in use at location. Discontinue. PIC removed.Food Contact Surfaces Design • Home style deep fryer used to cook patties in back room. No hood vent in use at location. Discontinue. PIC removed.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Shelves in produce area visibly soiled from produce. Clean to remove. Exterior of refrigeration units in produce visibly soiled. Clean to remove.Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Shelves in produce area visibly soiled from produce. Clean to remove. Exterior of refrigeration units in produce visibly soiled. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Outside Storage Improperly Maintained • Back hallway has a pile of baxes and bags of trash. Address and store properly.Outside Storage Improperly Maintained • Back hallway has a pile of baxes and bags of trash. Address and store properly.
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Address fruit fly issue by produce shelves.Insects Rodents Animals • Address fruit fly issue by produce shelves.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Replace or repair any broken ceiling tiles in retail area.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Replace or repair any broken ceiling tiles in retail area.
When was Cruz Market last inspected?
Cruz Market has 21 inspections on record going back to May 21, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 14, 2013 | Pass | |
| August 7, 2013 | Fail | |
| April 22, 2013 | — | |
| April 11, 2013 | Fail | |
| December 14, 2012 | Pass | |
| December 7, 2012 | Fail | |
| July 9, 2012 | Pass | |
| July 5, 2012 | Fail | |
| July 5, 2012 | Pass | |
| November 4, 2011 | Fail | |
| July 28, 2011 | — | |
| July 21, 2011 | Fail |
Cruz Market 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 August 14, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.