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Tj's Food Shop
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 24, 2017
- address137 Blue Hill Av, Roxbury 02119
Is Tj's Food Shop clean?
Tj's Food Shop is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 24, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Tj's Food Shop?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 24, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Hot and Cold Water • provide hot water - asapcriticalHot and Cold Water • provide hot water - asap
When was Tj's Food Shop last inspected?
Tj's Food Shop has 7 inspections on record going back to November 6, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| August 4, 2017 | — | |
| February 24, 2017 | Pass | |
| February 23, 2017 | Fail | |
| September 26, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 17, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 6, 2015 | Pass |
Tj's Food Shop vs Roxbury
Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.
Against the 708 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 24, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.