• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 3, 2023 →
• address88 Chelsea St, East Boston 02128

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Is El Paisa Restaurante clean?

El Paisa Restaurante is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 3, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at El Paisa Restaurante?

No failed findings were recorded. Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division marked 1 code check as passed on February 3, 2023.

El Paisa Restaurante inspection and administrative history

El Paisa Restaurante has 8 inspections on record going back to October 4, 2022.

El Paisa Restaurante vs East Boston

East Boston runs 91% clean across 526 tracked restaurants — 465 clean, 20 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 526 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 February 3, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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