• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 17, 2019 →
• address82 Bennington St St, Boston 02128

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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)critical
• ⚠️Wall and Ceiling Coverings and Coatings (C)

Los Pinos Restaurante Mexican Grill inspection and administrative history

Los Pinos Restaurante Mexican Grill has 38 inspections on record going back to April 2, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Los Pinos Restaurante Mexican Grill vs East Boston

East Boston runs 91% clean across 526 tracked restaurants — 465 clean, 20 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 526 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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.

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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 December 17, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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