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El Jefe's Taqueria
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 29, 2026
- address957 Commonwealth Av, Boston 02215
Is El Jefe's Taqueria clean?
El Jefe's Taqueria is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 29, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Jefe's Taqueria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths stored soiled on the counter. Store properly in sanitizer solution.Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths stored soiled on the counter. Store properly in sanitizer solution.
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Soiled utensil observed inside handsink near warewashing area PIC removed it. Use for handwashing only.Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Soiled utensil observed inside handsink near warewashing area PIC removed it. Use for handwashing only.
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Handsink at prep area without paper towels. Provide.Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Handsink at prep area without paper towels. Provide.
- ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • Toilet handsink without proper signage. Provide.Handwashing Signage (C) • Toilet handsink without proper signage. Provide.
When was El Jefe's Taqueria last inspected?
El Jefe's Taqueria has 15 inspections on record going back to March 5, 2022. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 29, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 14, 2026 | Fail | |
| July 21, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 20, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 1, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 24, 2023 | Fail | |
| July 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 29, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 22, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| August 17, 2022 | Pass |
El Jefe's Taqueria vs Allston
Allston runs 88% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 415 clean, 35 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.