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La Esquinita Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 20, 2013
- address389 Maverick St, East Boston 02128
Is La Esquinita Restaurant clean?
La Esquinita Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 20, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Esquinita Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 20, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Protection • provide proper scoops for beans. Use scoops with handles.Food Protection • provide proper scoops for beans. Use scoops with handles.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • remove ice buildup from white freezer.Non-Food Contact Surfaces • remove ice buildup from white freezer.
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • Provide thermometers for all refrigerators without one.Equipment Thermometers • Provide thermometers for all refrigerators without one.
- ⚠️Location Accessible • Remove all items from hand sink in kitchen. Keep sink open and accessable at all times.criticalLocation Accessible • Remove all items from hand sink in kitchen. Keep sink open and accessable at all times.
- ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed • clean floor area behind dish machine table • keep all food 6 inches off the floorFloors Designed Constructed Installed • clean floor area behind dish machine table • keep all food 6 inches off the floor
- ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • remove dust from ceiling vent in kitchen.Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • remove dust from ceiling vent in kitchen.
- ⚠️Labeled Common Name • label all spray bottles containing toxic chemicalscriticalLabeled Common Name • label all spray bottles containing toxic chemicals
When was La Esquinita Restaurant last inspected?
La Esquinita Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to January 3, 2013.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 15, 2014 | closed by the city | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| June 20, 2013 | Pass | |
| June 6, 2013 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2013 | Pass |
La Esquinita Restaurant 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 June 20, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.