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El Pelon
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 9, 2026
- address2193 Commonwealth Av, Brighton 02135
Is El Pelon clean?
El Pelon is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 9, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Pelon?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Interior and exterior of some refrigerating equipment soiled. Hand sinks on both levels with soiled exterior. -- Clean properly.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Interior and exterior of some refrigerating equipment soiled. Hand sinks on both levels with soiled exterior. -- Clean properly.
- ⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Floor under and around cooking line soiled. Floor at lower level at soda section and under shelves soiled. -- Clean all properly.Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Floor under and around cooking line soiled. Floor at lower level at soda section and under shelves soiled. -- Clean all properly.
When was El Pelon last inspected?
El Pelon has 43 inspections on record going back to March 19, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 9, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 7, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 17, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 10, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 6, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 7, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 30, 2024 | Fail | |
| December 14, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 7, 2023 | Fail | |
| May 30, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 15, 2023 | Fail |
El Pelon vs Brighton
Brighton runs 83% clean across 486 tracked restaurants — 393 clean, 43 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 486 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 April 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.