Mana Escondido Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 4, 2025
• address68 Pembroke St, Roxbury 02118

Is Mana Escondido Cafe clean?

Mana Escondido Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 4, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Mana Escondido Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Observed sliced tomatoes / ground beef / shredded chicken stored in refrigerated unit between 47F-50F. Discussed with PIC to maintain cold holding @ 41F or below. COScritical
  (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Observed sliced tomatoes / ground beef / shredded chicken stored in refrigerated unit between 47F-50F. Discussed with PIC to maintain cold holding @ 41F or below. COS
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed heavy juice spills inside single upright freezer in basement; soiled knives/peeler stored on knife rack; food spills / debris inside top section at sandwich station. Clean to remove all spills / soils and ensure utensils are stored clean and sanitized
  (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Observed heavy juice spills inside single upright freezer in basement; soiled knives/peeler stored on knife rack; food spills / debris inside top section at sandwich station. Clean to remove all spills / soils and ensure utensils are stored clean and sanitized
• ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Observed hood sticker expired April 2025; PIC contacted company while on site - scheduled 7/23/25
  Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Observed hood sticker expired April 2025; PIC contacted company while on site - scheduled 7/23/25

When was Mana Escondido Cafe last inspected?

Mana Escondido Cafe has 51 inspections on record going back to April 25, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Mana Escondido Cafe vs South End

South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.

Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 August 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.