• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 14, 2019 →
• address422 Geneva Av, Dorchester 02122

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Is El Pilon clean?

El Pilon is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 14, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at El Pilon?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 14, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities
• ⚠️Equipment Thermometers
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
• ⚠️Premises Maintained
• ⚠️PIC Performing Dutiescritical

El Pilon inspection and administrative history

El Pilon has 11 inspections on record going back to June 9, 2017.

El Pilon vs Dorchester

Dorchester runs 85% clean across 525 tracked restaurants — 429 clean, 33 mid, 44 cooked.

Against the 525 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 May 14, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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