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El Cruce Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 20, 2026
- address1909 Columbus Av, Roxbury 02119
Is El Cruce Market clean?
El Cruce Market is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Cruce Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • 2026 Health permit is unpaid(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • 2026 Health permit is unpaid
- ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw shell eggs displayed above milk. Store eggs and all raw animal products below ready to eat foods.criticalPackaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw shell eggs displayed above milk. Store eggs and all raw animal products below ready to eat foods.
- ⚠️8-301.11 2026 Health permit is unpaid. Operating without valid permit. Pay permit immediately.8-301.11 2026 Health permit is unpaid. Operating without valid permit. Pay permit immediately.
When was El Cruce Market last inspected?
El Cruce Market has 9 inspections on record going back to February 20, 2024.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 20, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 12, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 29, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 22, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 7, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 28, 2025 | Fail | |
| September 26, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 19, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 20, 2024 | Pass |
El Cruce 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 February 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.