• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 9, 2014 →
• address4249 Washington St, Roslindale 02131

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Is Romano's clean?

Romano's is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 9, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Romano's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 9, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Utensil Storage
• ⚠️Food Protection
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings

Romano's inspection and administrative history

Romano's has 25 inspections on record going back to November 19, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Romano's vs Roslindale

Roslindale runs 80% clean across 237 tracked restaurants — 180 clean, 25 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 237 spots Cooked tracks in Roslindale, this one comes out cleaner than 10% of them.

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• ✓ Boston Brickhouse
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• ✓ Las Palmas Restaurant
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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.

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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 December 9, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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