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R & S Jamaican Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 19, 2023
- address630 Hyde Park Av, Roslindale 02131
Is R & S Jamaican Restaurant clean?
R & S Jamaican Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 19, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at R & S Jamaican Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 19, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (C) • Items in freezer and walk in cooler observed uncovered. Cover to prevent potential contamination.Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (C) • Items in freezer and walk in cooler observed uncovered. Cover to prevent potential contamination.
- ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood filters observed soiled. Clean to remove.Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood filters observed soiled. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No chlorine test strips available per pic. Provide. Sanitizer tested with inspector kit.Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • No chlorine test strips available per pic. Provide. Sanitizer tested with inspector kit.
- ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C) • Heavily scored cutting boards in back of house. Person in charge removed.Cutting Surfaces (C) • Heavily scored cutting boards in back of house. Person in charge removed.
- ⚠️Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Trash area observed with excess trash and soils Clean to remove.Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Trash area observed with excess trash and soils Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Expired milk observed in front counter refrigerator. Person in charge removed.Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Expired milk observed in front counter refrigerator. Person in charge removed.
When was R & S Jamaican Restaurant last inspected?
R & S Jamaican Restaurant has 16 inspections on record going back to January 9, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| September 19, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 11, 2023 | Fail | |
| December 27, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 19, 2022 | Fail | |
| September 30, 2022 | — | |
| September 23, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| October 5, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 20, 2021 | Fail | |
| February 4, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 5, 2021 | Fail |
R & S Jamaican Restaurant vs Roslindale
Roslindale runs 80% clean across 244 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 28 mid, 18 cooked.
Against the 244 spots Cooked tracks in Roslindale, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 September 19, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.