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Roslindale Variety Store
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 11, 2026
- address4254 Washington St, Roslindale 02131
Is Roslindale Variety Store clean?
Roslindale Variety Store is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 11, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Roslindale Variety Store?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 11, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Characteristics-Materials for Construction and Repair (C) • Remove cardboard box as liner on storage shelving provide commercial grade liner.Characteristics-Materials for Construction and Repair (C) • Remove cardboard box as liner on storage shelving provide commercial grade liner.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Replace missing and stain ceiling tiles main floor and at basement area.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Replace missing and stain ceiling tiles main floor and at basement area.
When was Roslindale Variety Store last inspected?
Roslindale Variety Store has 17 inspections on record going back to October 22, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 11, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 4, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 12, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 2, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 15, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 7, 2023 | Fail | |
| November 27, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 3, 2022 | — | |
| July 27, 2022 | — | |
| July 5, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — |
Roslindale Variety Store vs Roslindale
Roslindale runs 80% clean across 244 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 28 mid, 18 cooked.
Against the 244 spots Cooked tracks in Roslindale, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 June 11, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.