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Taqueria El Barrio
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 30, 2025
- address201 Brookline Av, Boston 02215
Is Taqueria El Barrio clean?
Taqueria El Barrio is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 30, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Taqueria El Barrio?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Observed debris under the metal shelving unit in the prep room. Clean to removeFloors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Observed debris under the metal shelving unit in the prep room. Clean to remove
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (C) • Observed rodent activity at the back entrance doorway. and under shelving unit. Clean to removeControlling Pests (C) • Observed rodent activity at the back entrance doorway. and under shelving unit. Clean to remove
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Observed boxes stored w/visible rodent activity. Remove any boxes and products from the floor and elevate properly.Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Observed boxes stored w/visible rodent activity. Remove any boxes and products from the floor and elevate properly.
When was Taqueria El Barrio last inspected?
Taqueria El Barrio has 19 inspections on record going back to July 19, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 24, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| September 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 22, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 16, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 18, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 11, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 20, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| May 3, 2023 | Pass |
Taqueria El Barrio vs Fenway
Fenway runs 89% clean across 433 tracked restaurants — 379 clean, 23 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 433 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 December 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.