Estrellita Food Market

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

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 Food • Goya achiotina has soiled labels and the product has quality issues. Sour cheese and out of date prepackaged salami and bologna.Juice concentrates expired 6 months. Remove.critical
  Spoilage Unsafe Food • Goya achiotina has soiled labels and the product has quality issues. Sour cheese and out of date prepackaged salami and bologna.Juice concentrates expired 6 months. Remove.
• ⚠️Approved Source • No evidence of invoices for several food products from an approved wholesaler.Provide. Chicharron filling without proper labeling in vacuum packaging. Fresh cheese - No notation on pasteurization. Banana leaves used for cooking in open bags without proper labeling. Ensure all retail food products are from approved wholesaler with proper packaging and labeling.critical
  Approved Source • No evidence of invoices for several food products from an approved wholesaler.Provide. Chicharron filling without proper labeling in vacuum packaging. Fresh cheese - No notation on pasteurization. Banana leaves used for cooking in open bags without proper labeling. Ensure all retail food products are from approved wholesaler with proper packaging and labeling.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Remove milk crates being used as shelving.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Remove milk crates being used as shelving.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Freezer is heavy with frost. Clean to remove. Shelves soiled in retail areas. Clean to remove all visible soils. Remove paper towels and cardboard lining storage racks.Retail areas appear cluttered and unorganized.Address
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Freezer is heavy with frost. Clean to remove. Shelves soiled in retail areas. Clean to remove all visible soils. Remove paper towels and cardboard lining storage racks.Retail areas appear cluttered and unorganized.Address
• ⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • Otain site cleanliness permit and rodent proof receptacles.
  Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • Otain site cleanliness permit and rodent proof receptacles.
• ⚠️Outside Storage Improperly Maintained • Trash stored in garbage bags lining entire building.
  Outside Storage Improperly Maintained • Trash stored in garbage bags lining entire building.
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Evidence of rodent droppings in the light shields on the ceiling. Provide licensed pest control company.
  Insects Rodents Animals • Evidence of rodent droppings in the light shields on the ceiling. Provide licensed pest control company.
• ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed • Floors are in structural disrepair.Replace
  Floors Designed Constructed Installed • Floors are in structural disrepair.Replace
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floors throughout establishment from heavy soils and grime.
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floors throughout establishment from heavy soils and grime.
• ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • Several cracked and sagging ceiling tiles. Repair as needed. Ceiling support runners are also in disrepair.
  Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • Several cracked and sagging ceiling tiles. Repair as needed. Ceiling support runners are also in disrepair.
• ⚠️Inadequate Lighting
  Inadequate Lighting
• ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • Monitor food products for safety from source to storagecritical
  PIC Performing Duties • Monitor food products for safety from source to storage

When was Estrellita Food Market last inspected?

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

Estrellita Food Market vs East Boston

East Boston runs 92% clean across 529 tracked restaurants — 472 clean, 19 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 529 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

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  cooked · October 1, 2007
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• ✕ La Frontera Restaurant
  cooked · March 8, 2010
• ✓ Thompson Market
  clean · October 1, 2010
• ✓ Embassy Suites Gift Shop
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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 25, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.