Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 27, 2026 →
• address253 Summer St, Boston 02210

Is Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar clean?

Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 27, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)critical
• ⚠️Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C)
• ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C)

Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar inspection and administrative history

Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar has 40 inspections on record going back to October 12, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.

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Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar vs Leather District

Leather District runs 88% clean across 185 tracked restaurants — 149 clean, 8 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 185 spots Cooked tracks in Leather District, this one comes out cleaner than 8% of them.

Other spots in Leather District

• ✓ Peach Farm Restaurant
  clean · February 13, 2026
• ✓ Well Coffee House Boston
  clean · January 29, 2020
• ✓ Cajun Cajun
  clean · January 29, 2020
• ✓ Les Zygomates
  clean · September 4, 2013
• ✕ Dunkin Donut
  cooked · August 28, 2026
• ✓ South St. Diner
  clean · May 15, 2026

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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