Fuentes Market & Liquors is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 9, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Fuentes Market & Liquors?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Characteristics-Single-Service and Single-Use (C) • Remove all soiled cardboard used to line shelviung in the grocery aisles
Characteristics-Single-Service and Single-Use (C) • Remove all soiled cardboard used to line shelviung in the grocery aisles
⚠️Food-Contact Surfaces-Cleanability (Pf) • Remove all soiled cardboard from the shelving inside the refrigeration units - they are absorbant and retain soils - discontinue
Food-Contact Surfaces-Cleanability (Pf) • Remove all soiled cardboard from the shelving inside the refrigeration units - they are absorbant and retain soils - discontinue
⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean inside all freezer / refrigeration units from visible food spills
Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean inside all freezer / refrigeration units from visible food spills
⚠️Outside Receptacles (C) • Trash bins are overloades with loose trash and debris - clean to remove all soils - keep the lids tightly fit after use
Outside Receptacles (C) • Trash bins are overloades with loose trash and debris - clean to remove all soils - keep the lids tightly fit after use
⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • Clean floors throughout the entire store from visible soils • Clean floors throughout the store from all visible soils
Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • Clean floors throughout the entire store from visible soils • Clean floors throughout the store from all visible soils
⚠️Floor Covering Mats and Duckboards (C) • Remove all old and compromised area rugs where needed
Floor Covering Mats and Duckboards (C) • Remove all old and compromised area rugs where needed
⚠️Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C) • Replace all missing / compromised ceiling tiles where needed [ especially where the liquor is sold ] • Replace missing / compromised ceiling tiles where needed
Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C) • Replace all missing / compromised ceiling tiles where needed [ especially where the liquor is sold ] • Replace missing / compromised ceiling tiles where needed
⚠️Drying Mops (C) • Keep all soiled mops and brooms elevated off the floors after use
Drying Mops (C) • Keep all soiled mops and brooms elevated off the floors after use
When was Fuentes Market & Liquors last inspected?
Fuentes Market & Liquors has 49 inspections on record going back to October 4, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
date
result
score
April 15, 2026
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April 9, 2026
Fail
April 2, 2026
Fail
July 30, 2025
Pass
July 9, 2025
Fail
June 30, 2025
Fail
March 17, 2025
Pass
February 27, 2025
Fail
February 20, 2025
Fail
June 7, 2024
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May 30, 2024
Fail
January 11, 2024
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Fuentes Market & Liquors vs Mission Hill
Mission Hill runs 77% clean across 251 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 24 mid, 31 cooked.
Against the 251 spots Cooked tracks in Mission Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 16% of them.
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 April 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.