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El Caribeno Restaurant
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 13, 2021
- address11 Blue Hill Av, Roxbury 02119
Is El Caribeno Restaurant clean?
El Caribeno Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 13, 2021. 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 El Caribeno Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 13, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Fish 118F / Container sitting on top of other containers in the steam table / Place directly into the steam table or in the hot holding cabinet to provide 135F or abovecritical(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Fish 118F / Container sitting on top of other containers in the steam table / Place directly into the steam table or in the hot holding cabinet to provide 135F or above
- ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C) • White cutting board visibly scored / Resurface or replace Remove large wooden board used as a cutting board.Cutting Surfaces (C) • White cutting board visibly scored / Resurface or replace Remove large wooden board used as a cutting board.
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Paper towels are out at the hand sink / ProvideHand Drying Provision (Pf) • Paper towels are out at the hand sink / Provide
- ⚠️8-304.11 (A) Post the current permit in a location of the food establishment that is conspicuous to the consumer.8-304.11 (A) Post the current permit in a location of the food establishment that is conspicuous to the consumer.
When was El Caribeno Restaurant last inspected?
El Caribeno Restaurant has 20 inspections on record going back to March 7, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| January 13, 2021 | Fail | |
| August 6, 2020 | — | |
| February 27, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 5, 2020 | Fail | |
| May 21, 2019 | — | |
| January 28, 2019 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 13, 2018 | Pass | |
| September 7, 2018 | Fail | |
| May 7, 2018 | Pass |
El Caribeno Restaurant 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 6% 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 January 13, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.