Ruiz Market is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 11, 2009. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Ruiz Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 11, 2009, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
⚠️Approved Source • Provide information on fish and cheeses in case. Wholesale reciepts and product information .critical
Approved Source • Provide information on fish and cheeses in case. Wholesale reciepts and product information .
⚠️Food Protection • Whole block of cheese uncovered in case. Keep covered and or protected during storage.
Food Protection • Whole block of cheese uncovered in case. Keep covered and or protected during storage.
⚠️Equipment Thermometers • Some equipment missing thermometers Provide
Equipment Thermometers • Some equipment missing thermometers Provide
⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Meat slicer is heavily soiled. Cean to remove all visible soils.
Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Meat slicer is heavily soiled. Cean to remove all visible soils.
⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean inside of refrigeration units from visible soils. Clean shelves under produce boxes from dirt dust and debris.
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean inside of refrigeration units from visible soils. Clean shelves under produce boxes from dirt dust and debris.
⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Remove old cardboard from under table and maintain floor clean
Improper Maintenance of Floors • Remove old cardboard from under table and maintain floor clean
⚠️Premises Maintained • Remove clutter in rear of store and maintain clean.
Premises Maintained • Remove clutter in rear of store and maintain clean.
When was Ruiz Market last inspected?
Ruiz Market has 7 inspections on record going back to May 14, 2007.
date
result
score
December 30, 2012
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June 11, 2009
Pass
June 4, 2009
Fail
May 19, 2008
Pass
May 9, 2008
Fail
May 14, 2007
Pass
May 14, 2007
Pass
Ruiz Market 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 9% of them.
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, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.