Karen Market

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 13, 2026
• address41 Bennington St, East Boston 02128

Is Karen Market clean?

Karen Market is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 13, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Karen Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • No DBA post outside the establishment ./Provide
  (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • No DBA post outside the establishment ./Provide
• ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Observed employee washing mango on the handwashing sink/ Discontinue
  Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Observed employee washing mango on the handwashing sink/ Discontinue
• ⚠️Food Labels (Pf) • Observed cheese stored in the refrigeration without label./Provide label
  Food Labels (Pf) • Observed cheese stored in the refrigeration without label./Provide label
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Circus-Man Coffin freezer observed with excess frost build -up. Defrost and Clean to remove Retail shelving/observed dust/soils on food cans/clean to remove dust/soils
  Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Circus-Man Coffin freezer observed with excess frost build -up. Defrost and Clean to remove Retail shelving/observed dust/soils on food cans/clean to remove dust/soils
• ⚠️Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • 10 Bottle of Nance en almbar with past expiration date from June 2025.6 bottles Luroco en salmuera ( Loroco In brine) with past expiration date from 10/2020. Facundo Gandulles _Pigeen Peas with past expiration date from 09.2023. /Address and ensure all foods are being checked prior to and while out on the sales floor for expiration dates
  Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • 10 Bottle of Nance en almbar with past expiration date from June 2025.6 bottles Luroco en salmuera ( Loroco In brine) with past expiration date from 10/2020. Facundo Gandulles _Pigeen Peas with past expiration date from 09.2023. /Address and ensure all foods are being checked prior to and while out on the sales floor for expiration dates
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Small amount of mise dropping observed on the selves with dry goods. Clean to remove/Provide IPM report to [email protected]
  Controlling Pests (Pf) • Small amount of mise dropping observed on the selves with dry goods. Clean to remove/Provide IPM report to [email protected]

When was Karen Market last inspected?

Karen Market has 54 inspections on record going back to May 5, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Karen Market vs East Boston

East Boston runs 92% clean across 529 tracked restaurants — 472 clean, 19 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 529 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 9% of them.

Other spots in East Boston

• ✓ La Terraza Restaurant
  clean · September 30, 2025
• ✕ Tavern On The Water
  mid · September 5, 2012
• ✓ Host-John Rockets-Gate 28
  clean · February 12, 2019
• ✕ E & J Horsemens Kitchen
  cooked · June 4, 2008
• ✓ Oliveira's Restaurant
  clean · September 25, 2020
• ✓ Dunkin' Donuts(Rmg Donuts Llc)
  clean · August 11, 2021

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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 May 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.