Rincon Limeno

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 12, 2025
• address409 Chelsea St, East Boston 02128

Is Rincon Limeno clean?

Rincon Limeno is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 12, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Rincon Limeno?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Where to Wash (Pf) • Provide hand sink in the bar/takeout area for staff to wash hands.
  Where to Wash (Pf) • Provide hand sink in the bar/takeout area for staff to wash hands.
• ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Noted chicken stored in contact with the ready to eat foods in the refrigertion on the cookline.Segregate/Seperatecritical
  Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Noted chicken stored in contact with the ready to eat foods in the refrigertion on the cookline.Segregate/Seperate
• ⚠️Storage or Display of Food in Contact with Water or Ice (C) • Cooked mussels stored in the water.Discontinue COS by the PIC
  Storage or Display of Food in Contact with Water or Ice (C) • Cooked mussels stored in the water.Discontinue COS by the PIC
• ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Observed staff draining food in the 3 bay sink.Discontinue and use the prep sink
  Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Observed staff draining food in the 3 bay sink.Discontinue and use the prep sink
• ⚠️Prohibitions (C) • Noted several food items stored under the sewage pipe on the shelf in the basement.Remove
  Prohibitions (C) • Noted several food items stored under the sewage pipe on the shelf in the basement.Remove
• ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Observed stored items in the Hand sink in the front server area and food in the back kitchen sink.Discontinue
  Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Observed stored items in the Hand sink in the front server area and food in the back kitchen sink.Discontinue
• ⚠️Toilet Room Receptacle Covered (C) • Missing covered toilet receptacle in one of the restrooms.Provide
  Toilet Room Receptacle Covered (C) • Missing covered toilet receptacle in one of the restrooms.Provide
• ⚠️Toilet Rooms Enclosed (C) • Provide self closing door to the employee restroom.
  Toilet Rooms Enclosed (C) • Provide self closing door to the employee restroom.
• ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Remove all unnecessary items from the basement.
  Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Remove all unnecessary items from the basement.
• ⚠️Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C) • Noted peeling paint from the walls in the basement.Repair
  Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C) • Noted peeling paint from the walls in the basement.Repair

When was Rincon Limeno last inspected?

Rincon Limeno has 54 inspections on record going back to November 8, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Rincon Limeno 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 7% 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 December 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.