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Restaurant Y Cafeteria Los Nietos
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 3, 2025
- address962 Blue Hill Av, Dorchester 02124
Is Restaurant Y Cafeteria Los Nietos clean?
Restaurant Y Cafeteria Los Nietos is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 3, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Restaurant Y Cafeteria Los Nietos?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cooked rice and beef in the front service stea table at 128F. Discontinue and ensure all TCS foods are at 135F and above. Foods to be reheated to 165F to ensure no bacterial growth.critical(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cooked rice and beef in the front service stea table at 128F. Discontinue and ensure all TCS foods are at 135F and above. Foods to be reheated to 165F to ensure no bacterial growth.
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • At the time of the inspection the flip top cooler was not functioning properly. Address and make any necessary repairs. Unit was not in use at the time of the inspection and repairs have been schuduled.Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • At the time of the inspection the flip top cooler was not functioning properly. Address and make any necessary repairs. Unit was not in use at the time of the inspection and repairs have been schuduled.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Evidence of live roach activity noted during the course of the inspection. Address and provide an up to date pest control report for the re-inspection.Controlling Pests (Pf) • Evidence of live roach activity noted during the course of the inspection. Address and provide an up to date pest control report for the re-inspection.
When was Restaurant Y Cafeteria Los Nietos last inspected?
Restaurant Y Cafeteria Los Nietos has 29 inspections on record going back to May 22, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 21, 2025 | — | |
| September 20, 2024 | — | |
| April 8, 2024 | — | |
| August 8, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 1, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 22, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 15, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 10, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 3, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — |
Restaurant Y Cafeteria Los Nietos vs Mattapan
Mattapan runs 77% clean across 299 tracked restaurants — 217 clean, 38 mid, 26 cooked.
Against the 299 spots Cooked tracks in Mattapan, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.