Rigoletto

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 27, 2018
• address115 Salem St, Boston 02113

Is Rigoletto clean?

Rigoletto is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 27, 2018. 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 Rigoletto?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 27, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Protection • They are portioning food in the prep area they were told not to use. Provide a finished prep area or discontinue using the unfinished area.
  Food Protection • They are portioning food in the prep area they were told not to use. Provide a finished prep area or discontinue using the unfinished area.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • The low temperature dishwasher in the basement has no sanitizer reading the sanitizer has run out. Provide proper sanitizer levels to be sure items are getting cleaned and sanitized.critical
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • The low temperature dishwasher in the basement has no sanitizer reading the sanitizer has run out. Provide proper sanitizer levels to be sure items are getting cleaned and sanitized.
• ⚠️Location Accessible • The handwash sink in the dishroom is blocked with equipment. Remove to provide access to sink for handwashing (they were not using the room at the time) There is no handwash sink near the area they are using to portion pasta. Provide access to a handwash sink for prearation of food.critical
  Location Accessible • The handwash sink in the dishroom is blocked with equipment. Remove to provide access to sink for handwashing (they were not using the room at the time) There is no handwash sink near the area they are using to portion pasta. Provide access to a handwash sink for prearation of food.
• ⚠️Rooms and Equipment Vented • They have a small fryolater that is not under the hood vent. Store the fryer under the hood and ansul system. (Will refer to BFD)
  Rooms and Equipment Vented • They have a small fryolater that is not under the hood vent. Store the fryer under the hood and ansul system. (Will refer to BFD)

When was Rigoletto last inspected?

Rigoletto has 18 inspections on record going back to April 2, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Rigoletto vs North End

North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 6% of them.

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  clean · August 17, 2018
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• ✓ Mirabella Pool Concession
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• ✓ Rosso B
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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 December 27, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.