• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 30, 2013 →
• address166 Brighton Av, Allston 02134

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Is Habanero Salvadorian & Mexican Grill clean?

Habanero Salvadorian & Mexican Grill is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 30, 2013. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Habanero Salvadorian & Mexican Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 30, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Cold Holdingcritical
• ⚠️Food Thermometers Provided
• ⚠️Food Protection
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors

Habanero Salvadorian & Mexican Grill inspection and administrative history

Habanero Salvadorian & Mexican Grill has 17 inspections on record going back to April 24, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Habanero Salvadorian & Mexican Grill vs Allston

Allston runs 88% clean across 492 tracked restaurants — 414 clean, 34 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 492 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 30, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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