• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 21, 2011 →
• address62 Summer, Boston 02110

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Is Qdoba Mexican Grill clean?

Qdoba Mexican Grill is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 21, 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 Qdoba Mexican Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 21, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Hot Holdingcritical
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage

Qdoba Mexican Grill inspection and administrative history

Qdoba Mexican Grill has 12 inspections on record going back to August 24, 2007.

Qdoba Mexican Grill vs Downtown

Downtown runs 92% clean across 993 tracked restaurants — 859 clean, 47 mid, 32 cooked.

Against the 993 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 21, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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