• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 2, 2009 →
• address300 Bennington St, East Boston 02128

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Is Taqueria El Rancho Grande clean?

Taqueria El Rancho Grande is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 2, 2009. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria El Rancho Grande?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 2, 2009, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️PHF's Properly Thawed
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
• ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded
• ⚠️Premises Maintained

Taqueria El Rancho Grande inspection and administrative history

Taqueria El Rancho Grande has 7 inspections on record going back to August 23, 2007.

Taqueria El Rancho Grande vs East Boston

East Boston runs 91% clean across 526 tracked restaurants — 465 clean, 20 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 526 spots Cooked tracks in East 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 July 2, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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