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Grover Variety
- resultFail
- critical violations3
- last inspectedOctober 6, 2008
- address93 Burrell, Roxbury 02119
Is Grover Variety clean?
Grover Variety is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 6, 2008. 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 Grover Variety?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 6, 2008, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Spoilage Unsafe Food • remove all outdated milk/10/4/08criticalSpoilage Unsafe Food • remove all outdated milk/10/4/08
- ⚠️Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • properly store all eggs on lower shelvingcriticalSeparation Segregation Cross Contamination • properly store all eggs on lower shelving
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • 2 door ice cream/defrost unit properly seal all bare wood shelvingNon-Food Contact Surfaces • 2 door ice cream/defrost unit properly seal all bare wood shelving
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • 2 door milk/provide internal thermometer to register 41 degrees or belowEquipment Thermometers • 2 door milk/provide internal thermometer to register 41 degrees or below
- ⚠️Hot and Cold Water • restroom/provide hot running water to sinkcriticalHot and Cold Water • restroom/provide hot running water to sink
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • restroom/provide paper towels in dispenserHand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • restroom/provide paper towels in dispenser
When was Grover Variety last inspected?
Grover Variety has 7 inspections on record going back to July 17, 2007.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| October 20, 2008 | — | |
| October 6, 2008 | Fail | |
| January 9, 2008 | — | |
| January 2, 2008 | Fail | |
| July 27, 2007 | Pass | |
| July 17, 2007 | Fail |
Grover Variety vs Roxbury
Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.
Against the 708 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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 October 6, 2008. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.