Lluvia's Dollar Stop & Grocery is currently listed as closed by Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, as of its inspection on March 12, 2012. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Lluvia's Dollar Stop & Grocery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 12, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Spoilage Unsafe Food • PIC is cutting whole butternut squash and packaging ithemselves. Do not have the proper facilities ti prepare foods for sale. Retail foods only. Frozen suash was discarded Expired cheese in the deli case [ a soft farmers cheese ] Discardedcritical
Spoilage Unsafe Food • PIC is cutting whole butternut squash and packaging ithemselves. Do not have the proper facilities ti prepare foods for sale. Retail foods only. Frozen suash was discarded Expired cheese in the deli case [ a soft farmers cheese ] Discarded
⚠️Food Protection • Elevate all food products six inches off the floor at least six inches during storage
Food Protection • Elevate all food products six inches off the floor at least six inches during storage
⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean the shelf in the produce case from old food spills stains and soils
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean the shelf in the produce case from old food spills stains and soils
⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Remove cat from premises
Insects Rodents Animals • Remove cat from premises
⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floors throughout the store from old food spills stains and soils
Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floors throughout the store from old food spills stains and soils
⚠️PIC Performing Duties • Allowing a cat on the premise - selling cut producecritical
PIC Performing Duties • Allowing a cat on the premise - selling cut produce
When was Lluvia's Dollar Stop & Grocery last inspected?
Lluvia's Dollar Stop & Grocery has 5 inspections on record going back to October 13, 2011.
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.