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Peoples Tropical Food
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 11, 2011
- address576 Washington St, Dorchester 02124
Is Peoples Tropical Food clean?
Peoples Tropical Food is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 11, 2011. 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 Peoples Tropical Food?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 11, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Labeling of IngredientscriticalLabeling of Ingredients
- ⚠️Safe Food Handeling InstructionsSafe Food Handeling Instructions
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • reseal rust throughout...Non-Food Contact Surfaces • reseal rust throughout...
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • rodent proof all doors...Insects Rodents Animals • rodent proof all doors...
- ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed • clean floor throughout as needed and repair defective stairs...Floors Designed Constructed Installed • clean floor throughout as needed and repair defective stairs...
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of FloorsImproper Maintenance of Floors
- ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded • provide end caps....Fixture's not properly shielded • provide end caps....
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • remove all unnecessary articles in cellar.Premises Maintained • remove all unnecessary articles in cellar.
When was Peoples Tropical Food last inspected?
Peoples Tropical Food has 31 inspections on record going back to August 8, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| January 11, 2011 | Fail | |
| January 4, 2011 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2010 | Fail | |
| August 3, 2010 | — | |
| July 28, 2010 | — | |
| May 6, 2010 | — | |
| April 29, 2010 | Fail | |
| April 20, 2010 | — | |
| April 5, 2010 | Fail | |
| March 22, 2010 | Fail |
Peoples Tropical Food vs Dorchester
Dorchester runs 85% clean across 542 tracked restaurants — 445 clean, 31 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 542 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 January 11, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.