Friendly Market

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 19, 2009
• address42 Maverick St, East Boston 02128

Is Friendly Market clean?

Friendly Market is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 19, 2009. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Friendly Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 19, 2009, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Spoilage Unsafe Food • Rotten tomatoes in produce case. Voluntarily discarded by PIC.critical
  Spoilage Unsafe Food • Rotten tomatoes in produce case. Voluntarily discarded by PIC.
• ⚠️Food Protection • Elevate food products at least six inches off the floor during storage
  Food Protection • Elevate food products at least six inches off the floor during storage
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Wooden shelving for bread is worn. Re-surface as needed.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Wooden shelving for bread is worn. Re-surface as needed.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean produce case from all visible soils.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean produce case from all visible soils.
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No signage in restroom. Provide
  Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No signage in restroom. Provide
• ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • Flaking paint on ceiling above counter Re-surface area.
  Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • Flaking paint on ceiling above counter Re-surface area.
• ⚠️Premises Maintained • Remove clutter beside produce case to eliminate possible contamination.
  Premises Maintained • Remove clutter beside produce case to eliminate possible contamination.

When was Friendly Market last inspected?

Friendly Market has 4 inspections on record going back to May 12, 2009.

Friendly Market 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 11% 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 May 19, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.