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Magdala Restaurant
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 8, 2025
- address1296 Blue Hill Av, Mattapan 02126
Is Magdala Restaurant clean?
Magdala Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 8, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Magdala Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cleaning Agents and Sanitizers Availability (Pf) • No commerical grade detergent at the 3 bay sink. Provide commerical grade detergent.Cleaning Agents and Sanitizers Availability (Pf) • No commerical grade detergent at the 3 bay sink. Provide commerical grade detergent.
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • No paper towels at hand sink at the front counter or in the employees bathroom. Provide proper means to dry hands.Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • No paper towels at hand sink at the front counter or in the employees bathroom. Provide proper means to dry hands.
- ⚠️Intensity-Lighting (C) • Observed light bulb over the stove needs to be replaced. Replace or repair light. Observed both lights in the kitchen flickering. Repair or replace light blubs.Intensity-Lighting (C) • Observed light bulb over the stove needs to be replaced. Replace or repair light. Observed both lights in the kitchen flickering. Repair or replace light blubs.
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Observed trash bags not being stored inside the barrells. Clean and remove all trash not being stored inside the barrells.Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Observed trash bags not being stored inside the barrells. Clean and remove all trash not being stored inside the barrells.
When was Magdala Restaurant last inspected?
Magdala Restaurant has 6 inspections on record going back to August 6, 2024.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 8, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 25, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| August 20, 2024 | — | |
| August 13, 2024 | — | |
| August 6, 2024 | Fail |
Magdala Restaurant vs Mattapan
Mattapan runs 77% clean across 299 tracked restaurants — 217 clean, 38 mid, 26 cooked.
Against the 299 spots Cooked tracks in Mattapan, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 January 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.