• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMarch 25, 2009 →
• address284 Meridian St, East Boston 02128

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Is Estrellita Food Market clean?

Estrellita Food Market is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 25, 2009. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Estrellita Food Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 25, 2009, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Spoilage Unsafe Foodcritical
• ⚠️Approved Sourcecritical
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof
• ⚠️Outside Storage Improperly Maintained
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals
• ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
• ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed
• ⚠️Inadequate Lighting
• ⚠️PIC Performing Dutiescritical

Estrellita Food Market inspection and administrative history

Estrellita Food Market has 8 inspections on record going back to August 9, 2007.

Estrellita Food Market vs East Boston

East Boston runs 91% clean across 526 tracked restaurants — 465 clean, 20 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 526 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in East Boston

• ✓ Braulio's Market
  clean · April 2, 2012
• ✕ Rite Aid 10153
  cooked · October 1, 2007
• ✓ Cafe Meridian
  clean · June 20, 2012
• ✕ La Frontera Restaurant
  cooked · March 8, 2010
• ✓ Thompson Market
  clean · October 1, 2010
• ✓ Embassy Suites Gift Shop
  clean · June 5, 2018

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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 March 25, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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