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Montecristo Mexican Grill
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 5, 2020
- address746 Huntington Av, Mission Hill 02120
Is Montecristo Mexican Grill clean?
Montecristo Mexican Grill is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 5, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Montecristo Mexican Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 5, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • provide hair restraintsEffectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • provide hair restraints
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • properly store all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution.Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • properly store all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution.
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • remove all shopping bags with food storage and provide food grade containers.Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • remove all shopping bags with food storage and provide food grade containers.
- ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • remove rust from shelving/adjust freezer door to door frame.Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • remove rust from shelving/adjust freezer door to door frame.
- ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C) • replace all scored cutting boards throughout.Cutting Surfaces (C) • replace all scored cutting boards throughout.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • clean and degrease all cooking equipment throughout/clean all bulk containers/clean all reachins/remove frost buildup at all freezers.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • clean and degrease all cooking equipment throughout/clean all bulk containers/clean all reachins/remove frost buildup at all freezers.
- ⚠️Receptacles (C) • provide covers for all trash receptacles.Receptacles (C) • provide covers for all trash receptacles.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • clean floor in cellar and kitchen/clean ceiling panels and light fixture panel.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • clean floor in cellar and kitchen/clean ceiling panels and light fixture panel.
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • remove all unnecessary articles in cellar area.Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • remove all unnecessary articles in cellar area.
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • replace missing floor grout as needed/replace all missing wall tiles.Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • replace missing floor grout as needed/replace all missing wall tiles.
When was Montecristo Mexican Grill last inspected?
Montecristo Mexican Grill has 55 inspections on record going back to May 8, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| November 12, 2020 | — | |
| November 5, 2020 | Fail | |
| October 22, 2020 | Fail | |
| July 9, 2019 | Pass | |
| May 29, 2019 | Fail | |
| May 22, 2019 | Fail | |
| January 22, 2019 | — | |
| January 14, 2019 | Fail | |
| January 4, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 20, 2018 | Fail |
Montecristo Mexican Grill 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 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 November 5, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.