• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 8, 2020 →
• address222 Berkeley St, Boston 02116

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Is Tico clean?

Tico is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 8, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Tico?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 8, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf)
• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C)
• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf)
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
• ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C)
• ⚠️Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf)
• ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C)
• ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)

Tico inspection and administrative history

Tico has 42 inspections on record going back to February 3, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Tico vs Bay Village

Bay Village runs 87% clean across 342 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 18 mid, 25 cooked.

Against the 342 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Village, this one comes out cleaner than 5% of them.

Other spots in Bay Village

• ✕ Geoffrey's Cafe
  cooked · February 7, 2013
• ✓ Red Lantern
  clean · November 18, 2022
• ✓ Boston Park Plaza Employee Cafeteria(3Rdfl)
  clean · April 22, 2026
• ✓ Boston Park Plaza (Main Kitchen/Room Serv.)
  clean · April 29, 2026
• ✓ Staff Meal
  clean · March 26, 2013
• ✓ Four Burgers
  cooked · August 28, 2013

See every restaurant inspection in Bay Village →

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 January 8, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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