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Don Tequeno Y Dona Arepa
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 26, 2026
- address491 Blue Hill Av, Dorchester 02121
Is Don Tequeno Y Dona Arepa clean?
Don Tequeno Y Dona Arepa is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 26, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Don Tequeno Y Dona Arepa?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Sponges Use Limitation (C) • Sponges observed at warewashing three compartment sinks. Discontinue using sponge to wash food contact surfaces to prevent contaminationSponges Use Limitation (C) • Sponges observed at warewashing three compartment sinks. Discontinue using sponge to wash food contact surfaces to prevent contamination
- ⚠️Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • No food thermometer present on site. Food thermometer must be available and accessible used on site.Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • No food thermometer present on site. Food thermometer must be available and accessible used on site.
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Chlorine sanitizer test trip observed expired .Inspector test strip was used to measure sanitizeSanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Chlorine sanitizer test trip observed expired .Inspector test strip was used to measure sanitize
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention Air Gap (P) • Prep sink observed without backflow prevention. Provide. Use a colander until properly plumbed.Please provide a plumbers report and a permit to do work will need to be pulled so it can be inspected 2/26/2026 Per PIC He is currently seeking a licensed plumber to provide an estimate for installing an air gap on the prep sink. He requesting at least one month to address this matter as his wife will be giving birth next month.criticalBackflow Prevention Air Gap (P) • Prep sink observed without backflow prevention. Provide. Use a colander until properly plumbed.Please provide a plumbers report and a permit to do work will need to be pulled so it can be inspected 2/26/2026 Per PIC He is currently seeking a licensed plumber to provide an estimate for installing an air gap on the prep sink. He requesting at least one month to address this matter as his wife will be giving birth next month.
- ⚠️Light Bulbs Protective Shielding (C) • Light shields observed missing above the three bay compartment sink/ provideLight Bulbs Protective Shielding (C) • Light shields observed missing above the three bay compartment sink/ provide
- ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • Restroom observed without employee must wash hand signage/ ProvideHandwashing Signage (C) • Restroom observed without employee must wash hand signage/ Provide
- ⚠️PIC to post current Site Cleanliness License PIC to post current Certificate of InspectionPIC to post current Site Cleanliness License PIC to post current Certificate of Inspection
When was Don Tequeno Y Dona Arepa last inspected?
Don Tequeno Y Dona Arepa has 27 inspections on record going back to July 21, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 26, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 19, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 7, 2025 | — | |
| January 16, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 9, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 19, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 8, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 7, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 30, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| November 20, 2023 | Pass |
Don Tequeno Y Dona Arepa 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 9% 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 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.