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El Oriental De Cuba
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 28, 2023
- address414 Centre St, Jamaica Plain 02130
Is El Oriental De Cuba clean?
El Oriental De Cuba is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 28, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Oriental De Cuba?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 28, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • TCS foods in plastic tubs did not have date marking-provide. TCS foods prepared and held for more than 24 hrs at 41F or below must be marked with date marking. Per PIC these foods were prepared yesterday.Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • TCS foods in plastic tubs did not have date marking-provide. TCS foods prepared and held for more than 24 hrs at 41F or below must be marked with date marking. Per PIC these foods were prepared yesterday.
- ⚠️Food-Contact Surfaces-Cleanability (Pf) • Some knives put away as clean on knife rack in the basement are soiled - clean to remove soilsFood-Contact Surfaces-Cleanability (Pf) • Some knives put away as clean on knife rack in the basement are soiled - clean to remove soils
When was El Oriental De Cuba last inspected?
El Oriental De Cuba has 5 inspections on record going back to March 20, 2023.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| March 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 20, 2023 | Fail |
El Oriental De Cuba vs Mission Hill
Mission Hill runs 77% clean across 251 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 24 mid, 31 cooked.
Against the 251 spots Cooked tracks in Mission Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 March 28, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.