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La Mesa Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 20, 2026
- address744 Dudley St, Dorchester 02125
Is La Mesa Market clean?
La Mesa Market is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Mesa Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood filters with grease build up clean to removeVentilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood filters with grease build up clean to remove
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Hot water faucets aty front hand sink and at 3 bay sink not operating properly repairSystem Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Hot water faucets aty front hand sink and at 3 bay sink not operating properly repair
- ⚠️2026 health permit has not been paid pay by 2-9-26 and fill out proper paper work for payment2026 health permit has not been paid pay by 2-9-26 and fill out proper paper work for payment
When was La Mesa Market last inspected?
La Mesa Market has 11 inspections on record going back to January 17, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 20, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 6, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 12, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 11, 2025 | — | |
| December 9, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 6, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 30, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 22, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 17, 2025 | Fail |
La Mesa Market 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 17% 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 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.