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Taqueria El Carrizal
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 13, 2026
- address248 Brighton Av, Allston 02134
Is Taqueria El Carrizal clean?
Taqueria El Carrizal is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 13, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Taqueria El Carrizal?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Some boxed food products stored on the floor inside the walk-in unit at lower level. Elevate properly.Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Some boxed food products stored on the floor inside the walk-in unit at lower level. Elevate properly.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Several prepared food items on both levels refrigerating unit without any date-marking. Provide.Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Several prepared food items on both levels refrigerating unit without any date-marking. Provide.
- ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Some cooking equipment in exterior with encrusted debris and with some grease . Clean properly to rmove.(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Some cooking equipment in exterior with encrusted debris and with some grease . Clean properly to rmove.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Meat freezer at lower basement (at corner end) with very soiled interior. Clean properly.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Meat freezer at lower basement (at corner end) with very soiled interior. Clean properly.
When was Taqueria El Carrizal last inspected?
Taqueria El Carrizal has 53 inspections on record going back to March 25, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 13, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 6, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 29, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 22, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| December 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 14, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 20, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 13, 2023 | Fail | |
| December 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 7, 2022 | Fail | |
| May 18, 2022 | Pass |
Taqueria El Carrizal vs Brighton
Brighton runs 83% clean across 486 tracked restaurants — 393 clean, 43 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 486 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 January 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.