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El Coli Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 6, 2017
- address230 Columbia Rd, Dorchester 02121
Is El Coli Market clean?
El Coli Market is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 6, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Coli Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 6, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • remove cat at onceInsects Rodents Animals • remove cat at once
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • clean floor behind front counter through-outImproper Maintenance of Floors • clean floor behind front counter through-out
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • provide thermometers for egg/produce case and pepsi reach -nEquipment Thermometers • provide thermometers for egg/produce case and pepsi reach -n
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean all candy shelves behind front counter areaNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean all candy shelves behind front counter area
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • provide a handwash sign at handwash sink in bathroomHand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • provide a handwash sign at handwash sink in bathroom
When was El Coli Market last inspected?
El Coli Market has 7 inspections on record going back to November 10, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| September 6, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 21, 2017 | Fail | |
| February 2, 2017 | — | |
| August 3, 2016 | — | |
| November 10, 2015 | Pass |
El Coli Market 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 17% 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 September 6, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.