Melo's Market

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 5, 2008
• address331 Centre St, Jamaica Plain 02130

Is Melo's Market clean?

Melo's Market is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 5, 2008. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Melo's Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 5, 2008, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Protection • Cashier cutting produce for customers.
  Food Protection • Cashier cutting produce for customers.
• ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • Provide proper Ware washing. Cutting produce.
  Dishwashng Facilities • Provide proper Ware washing. Cutting produce.
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided • No test kit
  Test Kit Provided • No test kit
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • provide proper method of sanitization of all food contacts.critical
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • provide proper method of sanitization of all food contacts.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Provide proper method of cleaning all food contact surfaces.
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Provide proper method of cleaning all food contact surfaces.
• ⚠️Toilet Enclosed Clean • Door not self closing
  Toilet Enclosed Clean • Door not self closing
• ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed • Floor behind counter not smooth durable easily cleanable & nonabsorbent - behind counter.
  Floors Designed Constructed Installed • Floor behind counter not smooth durable easily cleanable & nonabsorbent - behind counter.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floor throughout basement. • Clean floor under behind & besides all equipment refrigeration freezer units & shelving. • Dusty floor vent. • Replace all broken floor tiles.
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floor throughout basement. • Clean floor under behind & besides all equipment refrigeration freezer units & shelving. • Dusty floor vent. • Replace all broken floor tiles.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean ceiling fan & light shields. • Dusty ceiling vent • Replace all stained & broken ceiling tiles. Loose fitting ceiling tiles.
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean ceiling fan & light shields. • Dusty ceiling vent • Replace all stained & broken ceiling tiles. Loose fitting ceiling tiles.
• ⚠️Rooms and Equipment Vented • vent not working
  Rooms and Equipment Vented • vent not working
• ⚠️Premises Maintained • Remove all unused unnecessary & broken equipment
  Premises Maintained • Remove all unused unnecessary & broken equipment
• ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • All employees must be properly trained.critical
  PIC Performing Duties • All employees must be properly trained.

When was Melo's Market last inspected?

Melo's Market has 5 inspections on record going back to December 5, 2008.

Melo's Market vs Mission Hill

Mission Hill runs 77% clean across 251 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 24 mid, 31 cooked.

Against the 251 spots Cooked tracks in Mission Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 5, 2008. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.