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Los Hornitos
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 14, 2026
- address235 Meridian St, East Boston 02128
Is Los Hornitos clean?
Los Hornitos is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 14, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Los Hornitos?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Multiple squeeze bottles observed without labels. Provide labels when removed from original containersFood Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Multiple squeeze bottles observed without labels. Provide labels when removed from original containers
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Boxes of foods and food storage containers observed stored on the ground in the walk-in unit. Discontinue/ elevate 6 inch of the groundFood Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Boxes of foods and food storage containers observed stored on the ground in the walk-in unit. Discontinue/ elevate 6 inch of the ground
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Reach in Unit/ walk-in Multiples container with foods observed without date mark.Properly date mark all ready to eat foods/ Provide made/discard date to all food prepped before storing in the refrigeratorReady-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Reach in Unit/ walk-in Multiples container with foods observed without date mark.Properly date mark all ready to eat foods/ Provide made/discard date to all food prepped before storing in the refrigerator
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • There is no irreversible thermometer for the high temp dishwasher available. Provide an irreversible thermometer or 160 thermal strips.(gauges were reading wash 160F and rinse 184FTemperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • There is no irreversible thermometer for the high temp dishwasher available. Provide an irreversible thermometer or 160 thermal strips.(gauges were reading wash 160F and rinse 184F
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Oven door observed missing. repair or replaceNonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Oven door observed missing. repair or replace
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Air Drying Location (C) • Wiping cloths observed soiled on counter. Store properly in sanitizer solution. ( corrected on site)Wiping Cloths Air Drying Location (C) • Wiping cloths observed soiled on counter. Store properly in sanitizer solution. ( corrected on site)
When was Los Hornitos last inspected?
Los Hornitos has 21 inspections on record going back to October 26, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 7, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 29, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 22, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| January 24, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 17, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 9, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 15, 2023 | — | |
| April 7, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 29, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — |
Los Hornitos 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 May 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.