Restaurant Mama Blanca

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 2, 2009
• address1041 Saratoga St, East Boston 02128

Is Restaurant Mama Blanca clean?

Restaurant Mama Blanca is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 2, 2009. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Restaurant Mama Blanca?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 2, 2009, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Cold Holding • Eggs out at room temperature 70F. Voluntarily discarded.critical
  Cold Holding • Eggs out at room temperature 70F. Voluntarily discarded.
• ⚠️Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • Raw hamburg stored over ready to eat foods. Discontinue and store ns discussed.critical
  Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • Raw hamburg stored over ready to eat foods. Discontinue and store ns discussed.
• ⚠️Food Protection • Cover all food products during storage.
  Food Protection • Cover all food products during storage.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Provide proper food grade storage bins for vegetables spices and seasonings.
  Food Contact Surfaces Design • Provide proper food grade storage bins for vegetables spices and seasonings.
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided • No test strips for chlorine sanitizer. Provide.
  Test Kit Provided • No test strips for chlorine sanitizer. Provide.
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Keep all in use wiping cloths in a sanitized solution when not in use.
  Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Keep all in use wiping cloths in a sanitized solution when not in use.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Can opener is heavily rusted. Clean or replace
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Can opener is heavily rusted. Clean or replace
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean outside of all refrigeration units from visible soils. Clean all counter areas from food stains and soils.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean outside of all refrigeration units from visible soils. Clean all counter areas from food stains and soils.
• ⚠️Improper Storage of Re-usable Utensils • Untensils being stored in stagnant water. Discontinue practice and store as discussed.
  Improper Storage of Re-usable Utensils • Untensils being stored in stagnant water. Discontinue practice and store as discussed.
• ⚠️Re-use of Single Service Articles • Cool whip containers being used to store food. Discontinue and use food grade containers.
  Re-use of Single Service Articles • Cool whip containers being used to store food. Discontinue and use food grade containers.
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No signage at hand sink. Provide.
  Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No signage at hand sink. Provide.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean stairs and floor in basement from all visible stains and soils.
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean stairs and floor in basement from all visible stains and soils.
• ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • Ceiling is unfinished in area where there is food storage.Repair as needed.
  Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • Ceiling is unfinished in area where there is food storage.Repair as needed.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean walls throughout kitchen from food stains and soils.
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean walls throughout kitchen from food stains and soils.
• ⚠️Premises Maintained • Keep all personal clothing out of food area. Elevate mops and brooms off the floor at least six inches during storage. Remove all clutter under stairs in cellar and all unnecessary equipment
  Premises Maintained • Keep all personal clothing out of food area. Elevate mops and brooms off the floor at least six inches during storage. Remove all clutter under stairs in cellar and all unnecessary equipment
• ⚠️Soiled Linen Storage • Provide proper area for linen storage.
  Soiled Linen Storage • Provide proper area for linen storage.

When was Restaurant Mama Blanca last inspected?

Restaurant Mama Blanca has 10 inspections on record going back to August 10, 2007.

Restaurant Mama Blanca vs East Boston

East Boston runs 92% clean across 529 tracked restaurants — 472 clean, 19 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 529 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 April 2, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.