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El Primo Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 25, 2026
- address220 Columbia Rd, Dorchester 02121
Is El Primo Market clean?
El Primo Market is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 25, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Primo Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Your 2026 Health Permit has not been renewed. Please pay for the renewal online or in person at 1010 Mass Ave 4th Floor Health Division.Your 2026 Health Permit has not been renewed. Please pay for the renewal online or in person at 1010 Mass Ave 4th Floor Health Division.
When was El Primo Market last inspected?
El Primo Market has 10 inspections on record going back to May 10, 2023.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 25, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 19, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 29, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 2, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 26, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 19, 2024 | — | |
| December 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 5, 2023 | Fail | |
| May 30, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 10, 2023 | Fail |
El Primo Market vs Roxbury
Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.
Against the 708 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 February 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.