• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 27, 2013 →
• address1316 Commonwealth Av, Allston 02134

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Is Joshua Tree clean?

Joshua Tree is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 27, 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 Joshua Tree?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 27, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
• ⚠️Equipment Thermometers
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Cleancritical
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Improper Storage of Re-usable Utensils
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
• ⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof
• ⚠️Outside Storage Improperly Maintained
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
• ⚠️Inadequate Lighting
• ⚠️Premises Maintained

Joshua Tree inspection and administrative history

Joshua Tree has 21 inspections on record going back to November 2, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Joshua Tree 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 1% of them.

Other spots in Allston

• ✓ Cookin Cafe & Grille
  clean · August 3, 2015
• ? Store 24 (No. 70)
  not rated · December 30, 2012
• ✓ Verc Enterprises
  clean · August 7, 2020
• ✕ The Field House
  mid · April 24, 2024
• ✓ Indian Dhaba
  clean · July 5, 2012
• ✓ Between Hours
  clean · October 26, 2011

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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 September 27, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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