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Great Taste Italian & Mexican
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 11, 2019
- address38 Cornhill, Boston 02108
Is Great Taste Italian & Mexican clean?
Great Taste Italian & Mexican is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 11, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Great Taste Italian & Mexican?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 11, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Wet wiping cloths found on counter top .Remove Store properly in sanitizer.Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Wet wiping cloths found on counter top .Remove Store properly in sanitizer.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Build up of grease on Hood panels over cookline. Remove and clean . Call for professional cleaning Hood sticker expired In January • Soils and debris on shelveing under counters at service area . Clean to remove all soils.Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Build up of grease on Hood panels over cookline. Remove and clean . Call for professional cleaning Hood sticker expired In January • Soils and debris on shelveing under counters at service area . Clean to remove all soils.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Soils and food debris and rodent dropping along wall in back room and service area also food debris on floor in walkin freezer. Clean floor to remove all soils.Improper Maintenance of Floors • Soils and food debris and rodent dropping along wall in back room and service area also food debris on floor in walkin freezer. Clean floor to remove all soils.
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • Laddles shoes brooms mops bucket and other clutter. RemovePremises Maintained • Laddles shoes brooms mops bucket and other clutter. Remove
When was Great Taste Italian & Mexican last inspected?
Great Taste Italian & Mexican has 42 inspections on record going back to January 18, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| February 11, 2019 | Pass | |
| February 4, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 20, 2018 | — | |
| April 3, 2018 | Pass | |
| March 20, 2018 | Fail | |
| November 15, 2017 | Pass | |
| November 8, 2017 | Fail | |
| May 8, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 1, 2017 | Fail | |
| November 30, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 23, 2016 | — |
Great Taste Italian & Mexican vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 February 11, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.