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El Palmar Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 8, 2026
- address290 Bennington St, East Boston 02128
Is El Palmar Restaurant clean?
El Palmar Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 8, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Palmar Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Multiples squeeze bottles observed in the undercounter refrigerator without labels. Provide labels when removed from original containersFood Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Multiples squeeze bottles observed in the undercounter refrigerator without labels. Provide labels when removed from original containers
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Mug observed stored inside rice and beans bulk bin. Discontinue provide scoop with handle to prevent contamination by handsIn-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Mug observed stored inside rice and beans bulk bin. Discontinue provide scoop with handle to prevent contamination by hands
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • White freezer with bar glasses observed with excess frost buil-up. Defrost and clean to removeNonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • White freezer with bar glasses observed with excess frost buil-up. Defrost and clean to remove
- ⚠️Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Observed a hole in the restroom wall . Repair the wall to maintain smooth cleanable surface Restroom vent observed with dust build-up .Clean to removeWalls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Observed a hole in the restroom wall . Repair the wall to maintain smooth cleanable surface Restroom vent observed with dust build-up .Clean to remove
When was El Palmar Restaurant last inspected?
El Palmar Restaurant has 29 inspections on record going back to August 17, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 8, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 29, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 15, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 21, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 14, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 23, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 22, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| March 26, 2024 | — | |
| November 8, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 20, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2023 | Fail |
El Palmar Restaurant vs East Boston
East Boston runs 92% clean across 529 tracked restaurants — 472 clean, 19 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 529 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 June 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.