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Mama Blanca Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 24, 2016
- address1041 Saratoga St, East Boston 02128
Is Mama Blanca Restaurant clean?
Mama Blanca Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 24, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Mama Blanca Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 24, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Thermometers Provided • No food thermometer on site. Provide.Food Thermometers Provided • No food thermometer on site. Provide.
- ⚠️Test Kit Provided • No Sanitizer Test Kit on site. Provide.Test Kit Provided • No Sanitizer Test Kit on site. Provide.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • PIC unable to set up three bay sink properly. I showed her and sanitizer bay registered chlorine 50ppm. Maintain sanitizer between 50-100ppm of chlorine.criticalFood Contact Surfaces Clean • PIC unable to set up three bay sink properly. I showed her and sanitizer bay registered chlorine 50ppm. Maintain sanitizer between 50-100ppm of chlorine.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Wiping cloths stored wet/soiled on the counters. Store properly in sanitizer solution.Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Wiping cloths stored wet/soiled on the counters. Store properly in sanitizer solution.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Can opener soiled with dried up food debris. Clean and sanitize properly.Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Can opener soiled with dried up food debris. Clean and sanitize properly.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Freezer at the lower level with layers of ice. Remove and clean properly. Magnetic Knife strip soiled. Clean properly.Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Freezer at the lower level with layers of ice. Remove and clean properly. Magnetic Knife strip soiled. Clean properly.
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Hand washing sink at the prep area missing paper towel. Provide.Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Hand washing sink at the prep area missing paper towel. Provide.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Hood Vent Sticker expired. Provide a current one. Hood vent with built up of grease. Clean properly.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Hood Vent Sticker expired. Provide a current one. Hood vent with built up of grease. Clean properly.
- ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • Re-train staff with regard to proper warewashing.criticalPIC Performing Duties • Re-train staff with regard to proper warewashing.
When was Mama Blanca Restaurant last inspected?
Mama Blanca Restaurant has 23 inspections on record going back to February 2, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| May 24, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2016 | Fail | |
| August 28, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 20, 2015 | Fail | |
| March 6, 2015 | Pass | |
| February 23, 2015 | Fail | |
| February 12, 2015 | Fail | |
| March 4, 2014 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2014 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| April 9, 2013 | Pass |
Mama Blanca Restaurant 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 24, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.