• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 6, 2016 →
• address118 Dorchester St, South Boston 02127

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Is Salsa's Mexican Grilled clean?

Salsa's Mexican Grilled is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 6, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Salsa's Mexican Grilled?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 6, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
• ⚠️Premises Maintained

Salsa's Mexican Grilled inspection and administrative history

Salsa's Mexican Grilled has 31 inspections on record going back to May 9, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Salsa's Mexican Grilled vs South Boston

South Boston runs 91% clean across 185 tracked restaurants — 157 clean, 8 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 185 spots Cooked tracks in South Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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.

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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 6, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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