• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 7, 2016 →
• address5 Spectacle Island, East Boston 02128

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Is Rita's Catering clean?

Rita's Catering is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 7, 2016. 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 Rita's Catering?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 7, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Protection
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Improper Storage of Re-usable Utensils
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals
• ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed
• ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed
• ⚠️Separation/Sanitizer Criteriacritical
• ⚠️Premises Maintained
• ⚠️Soiled Linen Storage
• ⚠️PIC Knowledgecritical

Rita's Catering inspection and administrative history

Rita's Catering has 7 inspections on record going back to May 12, 2014.

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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated July 7, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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