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Que Arepa En Tertulias Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 27, 2026
- address26 Porter St, East Boston 02128
Is Que Arepa En Tertulias Cafe clean?
Que Arepa En Tertulias Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 27, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Que Arepa En Tertulias Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Provide test kits for chlorine used in 3 bay sink / Sanitizer bucketsSanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Provide test kits for chlorine used in 3 bay sink / Sanitizer buckets
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Beef 48F Shrimp 46F / Items prepped this morning and stored in reach in / reach in is next to the grill ice is suggested under the top reach in containers to help keep cool. Items brought to walk in to cool back down / Provide 41F or belowcritical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Beef 48F Shrimp 46F / Items prepped this morning and stored in reach in / reach in is next to the grill ice is suggested under the top reach in containers to help keep cool. Items brought to walk in to cool back down / Provide 41F or below
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Proivde thermomter inside the reach in unit next to the grillTemperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Proivde thermomter inside the reach in unit next to the grill
- ⚠️Warewashing Machines Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • Rinse gauge onn dish machine showing "E" in place of temperature unable to verify final rinse temperature / Repair Provide an irreversible temperature for the high temp dish machine 3 bay sink can be used until final rinse temperature can be verifiedWarewashing Machines Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • Rinse gauge onn dish machine showing "E" in place of temperature unable to verify final rinse temperature / Repair Provide an irreversible temperature for the high temp dish machine 3 bay sink can be used until final rinse temperature can be verified
- ⚠️Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Hood tags expired in December 25 / Contact hood cleaning company ASAPWalls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Hood tags expired in December 25 / Contact hood cleaning company ASAP
When was Que Arepa En Tertulias Cafe last inspected?
Que Arepa En Tertulias Cafe has 38 inspections on record going back to February 17, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 27, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 14, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 29, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 19, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 12, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 27, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 20, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| June 26, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 14, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — |
Que Arepa En Tertulias Cafe vs East Boston
East Boston runs 91% clean across 529 tracked restaurants — 466 clean, 18 mid, 28 cooked.
Against the 529 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.