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Los Pinos Restaurante Mexican Grill
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 17, 2019
- address82 Bennington St St, Boston 02128
Is Los Pinos Restaurante Mexican Grill clean?
Los Pinos Restaurante Mexican Grill is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 17, 2019. 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 Los Pinos Restaurante Mexican Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 17, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Chicken in hot holding cabinet near register - Chicken 90F / Chicken has been removed and reheated to 165F. Ensure 135F or greater at all times. Discussed turning the hot holding cabinet upcritical(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Chicken in hot holding cabinet near register - Chicken 90F / Chicken has been removed and reheated to 165F. Ensure 135F or greater at all times. Discussed turning the hot holding cabinet up
- ⚠️Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C) • Wood around thresholds in back room worn and with paint chipping / clean and repaintWall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C) • Wood around thresholds in back room worn and with paint chipping / clean and repaint
When was Los Pinos Restaurante Mexican Grill last inspected?
Los Pinos Restaurante Mexican Grill has 38 inspections on record going back to April 2, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| December 17, 2019 | Fail | |
| January 14, 2019 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2019 | Fail | |
| June 22, 2018 | Pass | |
| June 14, 2018 | Fail | |
| October 30, 2017 | Pass | |
| October 23, 2017 | Fail | |
| July 11, 2016 | Pass | |
| June 30, 2016 | — | |
| June 23, 2016 | Fail |
Los Pinos Restaurante Mexican Grill vs East Boston
East Boston runs 91% clean across 529 tracked restaurants — 466 clean, 18 mid, 28 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 December 17, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.