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Las Americas Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 8, 2023
- address962 Blue Hill Av, Dorchester 02124
Is Las Americas Market clean?
Las Americas Market is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 8, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Las Americas Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 8, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • No labels on some packaged foods provide with establishment name address and ingredient name.Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • No labels on some packaged foods provide with establishment name address and ingredient name.
- ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Dry storage rusty in some areas repair. Remove beverage rack as storage shelving and provide commercial grade shelving.(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Dry storage rusty in some areas repair. Remove beverage rack as storage shelving and provide commercial grade shelving.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Missing ceiling tiles near last isle replace. Clean floor below storage shelving.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Missing ceiling tiles near last isle replace. Clean floor below storage shelving.
When was Las Americas Market last inspected?
Las Americas Market has 33 inspections on record going back to April 4, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| February 8, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 1, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| February 17, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 9, 2022 | Fail | |
| February 11, 2021 | Fail | |
| June 24, 2020 | — | |
| November 13, 2019 | Pass | |
| November 7, 2019 | Fail | |
| October 28, 2019 | Fail | |
| November 14, 2018 | Pass |
Las Americas Market vs Mattapan
Mattapan runs 76% clean across 299 tracked restaurants — 213 clean, 37 mid, 31 cooked.
Against the 299 spots Cooked tracks in Mattapan, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 8, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.