• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 1, 2026 →
• address139 Tremont St, Boston 02108

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Is El Jefe's Taqueria Of Boston Common clean?

El Jefe's Taqueria Of Boston Common is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 1, 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 El Jefe's Taqueria Of Boston Common?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (P)critical

When was El Jefe's Taqueria Of Boston Common last inspected?

El Jefe's Taqueria Of Boston Common has 6 inspections on record going back to May 1, 2025.

El Jefe's Taqueria Of Boston Common vs Downtown

Downtown runs 92% clean across 993 tracked restaurants — 859 clean, 47 mid, 32 cooked.

Against the 993 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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