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Rainbow Food Shop
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 12, 2015
- address3201 Washington St, Jamaica Plain 02130
Is Rainbow Food Shop clean?
Rainbow Food Shop is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 12, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Rainbow Food Shop?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 12, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean all shelves behind counter area through-outNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean all shelves behind counter area through-out
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • clean floor through-out counter areaImproper Maintenance of Floors • clean floor through-out counter area
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • remove all trash and debris through-out rear of stoe (outside) - asap return all empty milk crates and empty tonic through-out to owners - asapPremises Maintained • remove all trash and debris through-out rear of stoe (outside) - asap return all empty milk crates and empty tonic through-out to owners - asap
When was Rainbow Food Shop last inspected?
Rainbow Food Shop has 19 inspections on record going back to May 10, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| August 27, 2015 | — | |
| March 26, 2015 | — | |
| March 12, 2015 | Fail | |
| September 15, 2014 | — | |
| August 28, 2014 | Fail | |
| January 29, 2014 | — | |
| November 18, 2013 | Fail | |
| May 29, 2013 | Pass | |
| May 22, 2013 | Fail | |
| December 6, 2012 | Pass | |
| November 29, 2012 | Fail |
Rainbow Food Shop vs Roxbury
Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.
Against the 708 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 12, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.