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Lone Star Taco Bar
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 21, 2025
- address465 Cambridge St, Allston 02134
Is Lone Star Taco Bar clean?
Lone Star Taco Bar is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 21, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Lone Star Taco Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cooling (P) • Cooked chorizo 110F outside of temperature control made within the hour placed into walkin cooler to cool. Ensure cooling process begins when product reaches 135F. COS.criticalCooling (P) • Cooked chorizo 110F outside of temperature control made within the hour placed into walkin cooler to cool. Ensure cooling process begins when product reaches 135F. COS.
- ⚠️Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning System Vents (C) • HVAC vent above kitchen appears rusted and soiled. Clean and resurface.Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning System Vents (C) • HVAC vent above kitchen appears rusted and soiled. Clean and resurface.
- ⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C) • Both back doors wide open no screen. Maintain closed or provide pest proof screen doors.Outer Openings Protected (C) • Both back doors wide open no screen. Maintain closed or provide pest proof screen doors.
When was Lone Star Taco Bar last inspected?
Lone Star Taco Bar has 47 inspections on record going back to October 18, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 18, 2025 | — | |
| November 18, 2025 | — | |
| July 21, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 14, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 17, 2024 | — | |
| October 10, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| May 26, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| September 30, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 23, 2022 | Fail |
Lone Star Taco Bar vs Brighton
Brighton runs 83% clean across 486 tracked restaurants — 393 clean, 43 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 486 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 July 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.