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Qdoba Mexican Grill
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 21, 2011
- address62 Summer, Boston 02110
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 Holding • cut chicken in foil pan being transported in plastic bag for catering order at 129/130F.Please utilize thermal bags etc to maintain temperature control for phf's.criticalHot Holding • cut chicken in foil pan being transported in plastic bag for catering order at 129/130F.Please utilize thermal bags etc to maintain temperature control for phf's.
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No sinage for employees in restroom concerning handwashing.Provide.Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No sinage for employees in restroom concerning handwashing.Provide.
When was Qdoba Mexican Grill last inspected?
Qdoba Mexican Grill has 12 inspections on record going back to August 24, 2007.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| March 21, 2011 | Fail | |
| April 16, 2010 | Pass | |
| April 6, 2010 | Fail | |
| June 11, 2009 | — | |
| December 15, 2008 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2008 | Fail | |
| February 8, 2008 | Pass | |
| January 31, 2008 | Fail | |
| September 5, 2007 | — | |
| August 24, 2007 | Pass |
Qdoba Mexican Grill vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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 March 21, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.