Ortiz Grocery

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 12, 2018
• address1300 Blue Hill Av, Mattapan 02126

Is Ortiz Grocery clean?

Ortiz Grocery is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 12, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Ortiz Grocery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 12, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Approved Source • Discontinue the sales of beef patties from a non approved source/denatured with bleach a full tray of beef patties stored at room temp. 86F.critical
  Approved Source • Discontinue the sales of beef patties from a non approved source/denatured with bleach a full tray of beef patties stored at room temp. 86F.
• ⚠️Labeling of Ingredients • discontinue the sales of juices/patties/butter with proper labels with ingredients.critical
  Labeling of Ingredients • discontinue the sales of juices/patties/butter with proper labels with ingredients.
• ⚠️Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • properly store all raw eggs on the bottom shelf of the reachin.critical
  Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • properly store all raw eggs on the bottom shelf of the reachin.
• ⚠️Food Protection • elevate all beverages 6 to 8 inches off the floor/remove all outdated retail boxed cereal.
  Food Protection • elevate all beverages 6 to 8 inches off the floor/remove all outdated retail boxed cereal.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • repair or replace defective doorgaskets/seal all rusty shelving.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • repair or replace defective doorgaskets/seal all rusty shelving.
• ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • provide dishwashing facilities to clean and sanitize all reusable equipment/3 comp. sink or a dishmachine.
  Dishwashng Facilities • provide dishwashing facilities to clean and sanitize all reusable equipment/3 comp. sink or a dishmachine.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean all reachins.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean all reachins.
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • provide tissue and papertowels in restroom.
  Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • provide tissue and papertowels in restroom.
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • evidence of rodent droppings provide extermination report.
  Insects Rodents Animals • evidence of rodent droppings provide extermination report.
• ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed • clean and repair floor thughout retail area/plug up holes in floor.
  Floors Designed Constructed Installed • clean and repair floor thughout retail area/plug up holes in floor.
• ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • repair glass window thats boarded up with wood.
  Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • repair glass window thats boarded up with wood.
• ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded
  Fixture's not properly shielded

When was Ortiz Grocery last inspected?

Ortiz Grocery has 26 inspections on record going back to November 26, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Ortiz Grocery 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 5% 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 September 12, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.