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La Esperanza Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 12, 2012
- address238 Meridian St, East Boston 02128
Is La Esperanza Market clean?
La Esperanza Market is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 12, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Esperanza Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 12, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Approved Source • provide labels for whole fish sold at this locationcriticalApproved Source • provide labels for whole fish sold at this location
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • remove mattress and all other unecessary materials from storage throughout this store.Premises Maintained • remove mattress and all other unecessary materials from storage throughout this store.
When was La Esperanza Market last inspected?
La Esperanza Market has 16 inspections on record going back to August 9, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| March 12, 2012 | Pass | |
| March 5, 2012 | Fail | |
| October 18, 2011 | Pass | |
| February 10, 2011 | Pass | |
| February 3, 2011 | Fail | |
| October 5, 2010 | Fail | |
| February 16, 2010 | Pass | |
| February 5, 2010 | Fail | |
| May 29, 2009 | Pass | |
| May 22, 2009 | Fail |
La Esperanza 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 7% 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 March 12, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.