Tacos El Charro

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 16, 2013
• address349 Centre St, Jamaica Plain 02130

Is Tacos El Charro clean?

Tacos El Charro is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 16, 2013. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Tacos El Charro?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 16, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Cold Holding • Raw shell eggs are 58F - some shredded cheese is 58F discardedcritical
  Cold Holding • Raw shell eggs are 58F - some shredded cheese is 58F discarded
• ⚠️Food Thermometers Provided • missing food thermometer-replace
  Food Thermometers Provided • missing food thermometer-replace
• ⚠️Food Protection • cover all exposed foods during extended periods of refrigeration storage [overnight ]
  Food Protection • cover all exposed foods during extended periods of refrigeration storage [overnight ]
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Discard badly worn frying pans that appear uncleanable repair broken sandwich unit
  Food Contact Surfaces Design • Discard badly worn frying pans that appear uncleanable repair broken sandwich unit
• ⚠️Three Compartment Sink • Missing drain plug-replace - provide a sufficiant amount of shelving to properly air dry clean pots and pans
  Three Compartment Sink • Missing drain plug-replace - provide a sufficiant amount of shelving to properly air dry clean pots and pans
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Chef knife and blue cutting boards are visibly soiled from previous usage-replace
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Chef knife and blue cutting boards are visibly soiled from previous usage-replace
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean inside /. outside of all refrigeration units- outside of all bulk food containers [ rice - flour ] from food spills stains and soils
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean inside /. outside of all refrigeration units- outside of all bulk food containers [ rice - flour ] from food spills stains and soils
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Evidence of rodent droppings
  Insects Rodents Animals • Evidence of rodent droppings
• ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed • Repair grease trap from leaking -repair visible holes in the corner
  Floors Designed Constructed Installed • Repair grease trap from leaking -repair visible holes in the corner
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floors in the kitchen area from old food spills stains and soils
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floors in the kitchen area from old food spills stains and soils
• ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • Still have the hole in the wall behind the cooking ine - repair
  Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • Still have the hole in the wall behind the cooking ine - repair
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean all visibly soiled areas of the kitchen walls
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean all visibly soiled areas of the kitchen walls
• ⚠️Soiled Linen Storage • soiled aprons thrown on the kitchen floor
  Soiled Linen Storage • soiled aprons thrown on the kitchen floor
• ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • PIC stated he would repair previous violations from last inspectioncritical
  PIC Performing Duties • PIC stated he would repair previous violations from last inspection

When was Tacos El Charro last inspected?

Tacos El Charro has 11 inspections on record going back to May 18, 2012.

Tacos El Charro vs Mission Hill

Mission Hill runs 77% clean across 251 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 24 mid, 31 cooked.

Against the 251 spots Cooked tracks in Mission Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Mission Hill

• ✓ Blue Nile Restaurant
  clean · October 15, 2014
• ✕ Green T Coffee Shop
  mid · January 26, 2018
• ✕ Centre St. Meatland
  mid · August 14, 2018
• ✓ Whittier Health Pharmacy
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• ✓ The Gift Shop @ Isbcc
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• ✓ Soul Fire
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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 August 16, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.