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La Terraza Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 30, 2025
- address19 Bennington St, East Boston 02128
Is La Terraza Restaurant clean?
La Terraza Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 30, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at La Terraza Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Magnetic strip for knife storage at lower level with some rust. Clean to remove or replace.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Magnetic strip for knife storage at lower level with some rust. Clean to remove or replace.
- ⚠️Handwashing Sinks-Numbers and Capacities (Pf) • Toilet at lower level without handsink it appeared removed. Install proper hand sink.Handwashing Sinks-Numbers and Capacities (Pf) • Toilet at lower level without handsink it appeared removed. Install proper hand sink.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Several food products without date marking. Provide.Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Several food products without date marking. Provide.
- ⚠️Outside Receptacles (C) • Trash barrels overflown with wide open lids. Store properly.Outside Receptacles (C) • Trash barrels overflown with wide open lids. Store properly.
- ⚠️Toilet Rooms Enclosed (C) • Toilet door at lower level not self closing/wide open. Provide self-closing door.Toilet Rooms Enclosed (C) • Toilet door at lower level not self closing/wide open. Provide self-closing door.
- ⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Wall at fryolator area with grease build up.Clean to remove.Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Wall at fryolator area with grease build up.Clean to remove.
When was La Terraza Restaurant last inspected?
La Terraza Restaurant has 53 inspections on record going back to July 23, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 22, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 7, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| December 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 11, 2023 | Fail | |
| May 31, 2023 | — | |
| October 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 7, 2022 | — | |
| September 27, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| January 24, 2022 | Pass |
La Terraza 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 September 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.