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Tropical Food Mart
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 20, 2026
- address4545 Washington St, Roslindale 02131
Is Tropical Food Mart clean?
Tropical Food Mart is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Tropical Food Mart?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Several lights out inside of the sliding glass door refrigeration unit. Replace.Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Several lights out inside of the sliding glass door refrigeration unit. Replace.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Inside of the sliding glass ice cream freezer with excess frost build-up. Defrost and clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Inside of the sliding glass ice cream freezer with excess frost build-up. Defrost and clean to remove.
- ⚠️Prohibiting Animals (Pf) • Cats observed living in the basement storage area. Remove cats permanently.Prohibiting Animals (Pf) • Cats observed living in the basement storage area. Remove cats permanently.
When was Tropical Food Mart last inspected?
Tropical Food Mart has 50 inspections on record going back to March 6, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 20, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2026 | Fail | |
| September 26, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 19, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 31, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| July 8, 2024 | — | |
| March 15, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| April 25, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 4, 2022 | Pass |
Tropical Food Mart vs West Roxbury
West Roxbury runs 86% clean across 201 tracked restaurants — 165 clean, 15 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 201 spots Cooked tracks in West Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 January 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.