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El Progresso Market
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 19, 2012
- address143 Boylston St, Jamaica Plain 02130
Is El Progresso Market clean?
El Progresso Market is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 19, 2012. 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 Progresso Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 19, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Defrost ice cream unit from built up ice - resurface rusted shelving in the produce wa;l-inNon-Food Contact Surfaces • Defrost ice cream unit from built up ice - resurface rusted shelving in the produce wa;l-in
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floors as doscussed from visible food spillsImproper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floors as doscussed from visible food spills
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • Remove all cleaning solvents from ware washing [ drain board ] area and store segragated as discussed • Remove clutter and debris from on top of the deli counter and store underneath as discussedPremises Maintained • Remove all cleaning solvents from ware washing [ drain board ] area and store segragated as discussed • Remove clutter and debris from on top of the deli counter and store underneath as discussed
- ⚠️PIC Knowledge • New manager on site - has a current 2012 health permit. Cannot determine if he is a new owner of the business or just an employee running the establishment. Provide documentationcriticalPIC Knowledge • New manager on site - has a current 2012 health permit. Cannot determine if he is a new owner of the business or just an employee running the establishment. Provide documentation
When was El Progresso Market last inspected?
El Progresso Market has 15 inspections on record going back to November 7, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| April 13, 2012 | closed by the city | |
| April 9, 2012 | closed by the city | |
| March 19, 2012 | Fail | |
| March 12, 2012 | Fail | |
| March 5, 2012 | Fail | |
| August 1, 2011 | — | |
| February 4, 2011 | — | |
| October 25, 2010 | Pass | |
| June 24, 2010 | — | |
| March 29, 2010 | — | |
| November 6, 2009 | Pass |
El Progresso 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 9% 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 March 19, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.