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La Borinquena Grocery
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 3, 2010
- address534 Dudley, Boston 02119
Is La Borinquena Grocery clean?
La Borinquena Grocery is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 3, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at La Borinquena Grocery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 3, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • Repair plumbing at hand sink.Installed and Maintained • Repair plumbing at hand sink.
- ⚠️Outside Storage Improperly Maintained • Remove all wooden pallets from exterior grounds.Outside Storage Improperly Maintained • Remove all wooden pallets from exterior grounds.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Repair seal floor in walk in cooler.Improper Maintenance of Floors • Repair seal floor in walk in cooler.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Repair ceiling in basement exposed rafters.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Repair ceiling in basement exposed rafters.
When was La Borinquena Grocery last inspected?
La Borinquena Grocery has 8 inspections on record going back to December 10, 2007.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 21, 2010 | — | |
| February 12, 2010 | — | |
| February 3, 2010 | Fail | |
| April 29, 2009 | Pass | |
| April 15, 2009 | Fail | |
| April 11, 2008 | — | |
| March 28, 2008 | Fail | |
| December 10, 2007 | — |
La Borinquena Grocery 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 11% 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 3, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.