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El Tio Supermarket
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 15, 2012
- address9 Meridian St, East Boston 02128
Is El Tio Supermarket clean?
El Tio Supermarket is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 15, 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 Tio Supermarket?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 15, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Good Hygienic Practices • remove all evidence of smoking in basement. No smoking in this establishment!!!!criticalGood Hygienic Practices • remove all evidence of smoking in basement. No smoking in this establishment!!!!
When was El Tio Supermarket last inspected?
El Tio Supermarket has 20 inspections on record going back to March 14, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| October 15, 2012 | Fail | |
| February 10, 2012 | Pass | |
| February 3, 2012 | — | |
| January 11, 2012 | Fail | |
| November 16, 2011 | Pass | |
| November 8, 2011 | Fail | |
| June 2, 2011 | Pass | |
| May 26, 2011 | Fail | |
| June 30, 2010 | Pass |
El Tio Supermarket vs North End
North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, 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 October 15, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.