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Sabroso Taqueria
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 9, 2026
- address2 Oliver St, Boston 02109
Is Sabroso Taqueria clean?
Sabroso Taqueria is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 9, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Sabroso Taqueria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Chicken in warming unit at 115F. Removed by PIC and reheated to acceptable temperature. Ensure proper hot holding at 135F or above.critical(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Chicken in warming unit at 115F. Removed by PIC and reheated to acceptable temperature. Ensure proper hot holding at 135F or above.
- ⚠️Food Labels (Pf) • Packaged chips observed for retail sale without labels. Provide.Food Labels (Pf) • Packaged chips observed for retail sale without labels. Provide.
- ⚠️Common Name-Working Containers (Pf) • Chemical spray bottle observed with no label. Provide.Common Name-Working Containers (Pf) • Chemical spray bottle observed with no label. Provide.
When was Sabroso Taqueria last inspected?
Sabroso Taqueria has 31 inspections on record going back to October 27, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 9, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 2, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 6, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 29, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 22, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 11, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| March 1, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| September 22, 2022 | — | |
| May 11, 2022 | — |
Sabroso Taqueria vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 April 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.