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Tequila Mexican Grill
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 10, 2012
- address53 Bromfield St, Boston 02108
Is Tequila Mexican Grill clean?
Tequila Mexican Grill is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 10, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Tequila Mexican Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 10, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cold Holding • The walk-in refrigerator had frosted up overnight and the owner turned it off to try to defrost it. The beans and chicken are 50F. Provide proper cold holding of 41F or below. The thermometers in the refrigerator range from 42F-48F. The temperature of the cheese in the back is 45F and the beans at the front of the refrigerator are 50F. Provide proper cold holding of 41F or below.criticalCold Holding • The walk-in refrigerator had frosted up overnight and the owner turned it off to try to defrost it. The beans and chicken are 50F. Provide proper cold holding of 41F or below. The thermometers in the refrigerator range from 42F-48F. The temperature of the cheese in the back is 45F and the beans at the front of the refrigerator are 50F. Provide proper cold holding of 41F or below.
When was Tequila Mexican Grill last inspected?
Tequila Mexican Grill has 15 inspections on record going back to November 10, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| February 10, 2012 | Pass | |
| February 3, 2012 | — | |
| January 24, 2012 | Fail | |
| May 9, 2011 | Pass | |
| April 20, 2011 | Fail | |
| October 21, 2010 | — | |
| April 20, 2010 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2010 | Fail | |
| November 13, 2009 | Pass | |
| November 5, 2009 | Fail |
Tequila Mexican Grill vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 February 10, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.