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Padrinos Cuban Cuisine
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 22, 2025
- address116 Washington St, Dorchester 02121
Is Padrinos Cuban Cuisine clean?
Padrinos Cuban Cuisine is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 22, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Padrinos Cuban Cuisine?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Soiled wiping cloths being left out on counter tops. Discontinue and provide a proper sanitizing solution.Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Soiled wiping cloths being left out on counter tops. Discontinue and provide a proper sanitizing solution.
- ⚠️Sponges Use Limitation (C) • Sponges being used at the 3 bay sink. Discontinue use.Sponges Use Limitation (C) • Sponges being used at the 3 bay sink. Discontinue use.
- ⚠️Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • No food thermometers available at the time of the inspection. Provide.Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • No food thermometers available at the time of the inspection. Provide.
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No test strips available at the time of the inspection. Provide.Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No test strips available at the time of the inspection. Provide.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Fan cover of the Beverage Air cooler visibly soiled and with a dust like debris. Clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Fan cover of the Beverage Air cooler visibly soiled and with a dust like debris. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Hood and Ventilation tags with a past expiration date from April 2025. Address and provide up to date tags for the re-inspection.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Hood and Ventilation tags with a past expiration date from April 2025. Address and provide up to date tags for the re-inspection.
- ⚠️Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf) • No soap at either hand sinks. Provide.Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf) • No soap at either hand sinks. Provide.
When was Padrinos Cuban Cuisine last inspected?
Padrinos Cuban Cuisine has 5 inspections on record going back to July 25, 2024.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 9, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| August 1, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 25, 2024 | Fail |
Padrinos Cuban Cuisine vs Roxbury
Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.
Against the 708 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.