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Topacio Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 30, 2025
- address88 Chelsea St, East Boston 02128
Is Topacio Restaurant clean?
Topacio Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 30, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Topacio Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Observed plastic container used to dispense rice. Discontinue use handled utensils only.In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Observed plastic container used to dispense rice. Discontinue use handled utensils only.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths stored wet on counter. Store properly in sanitizer solution.Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths stored wet on counter. Store properly in sanitizer solution.
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Eggs stored in ambient temperature at lower level registeing 60F. PIC states they arrived 2 hours ago and placed them in refrigerating unit. Mantain at 41F or below.critical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Eggs stored in ambient temperature at lower level registeing 60F. PIC states they arrived 2 hours ago and placed them in refrigerating unit. Mantain at 41F or below.
- ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Three bay sink missing two of drain plugs and not set up. PIC stated that they block them with plastic. Provide proper drain plugs and set up three bay sink properly.criticalManual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Three bay sink missing two of drain plugs and not set up. PIC stated that they block them with plastic. Provide proper drain plugs and set up three bay sink properly.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Side of fryolator and equipment next to it with large grease build up. Clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Side of fryolator and equipment next to it with large grease build up. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Handsink used to store personal items. PIC removed them. Use for handwashing only..Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Handsink used to store personal items. PIC removed them. Use for handwashing only..
When was Topacio Restaurant last inspected?
Topacio Restaurant has 8 inspections on record going back to December 12, 2023.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 23, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 28, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 13, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 6, 2024 | Fail | |
| December 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 12, 2023 | Fail |
Topacio Restaurant vs East Boston
East Boston runs 92% clean across 529 tracked restaurants — 472 clean, 19 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 529 spots Cooked tracks in East Boston, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 December 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.