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Equator Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 6, 2021
- address1721 Washington St, Roxbury 02118
Is Equator Restaurant clean?
Equator Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 6, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Equator Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 6, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Garlic in oil mixture - 50F Bean sprouts - 48F / Both items in the top reach in used for lunch rush. Containers were transferred to the low boy to cool down. Discussed keeping the covers on the top closed when not busy. / Provide 41F or below.critical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Garlic in oil mixture - 50F Bean sprouts - 48F / Both items in the top reach in used for lunch rush. Containers were transferred to the low boy to cool down. Discussed keeping the covers on the top closed when not busy. / Provide 41F or below.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Exterior of bulk food bins with visible soils / Clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Exterior of bulk food bins with visible soils / Clean to remove.
When was Equator Restaurant last inspected?
Equator Restaurant has 70 inspections on record going back to December 4, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| August 6, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 29, 2021 | Fail | |
| July 28, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 30, 2021 | — | |
| March 16, 2021 | Fail | |
| November 16, 2020 | Pass | |
| November 3, 2020 | — | |
| October 22, 2020 | Fail | |
| July 8, 2020 | Pass | |
| June 26, 2020 | Fail |
Equator Restaurant vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 August 6, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.