Villa Sombrero Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 18, 2018
• address554A Dudley St, Dorchester 02125

Is Villa Sombrero Cafe clean?

Villa Sombrero Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 18, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Villa Sombrero Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 18, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Cold Holding • Chicken wings at 100F and beef patties at 129F. Door to unit open PIC removed and reheated and will turn up unit. PIC removed and reheated. • Cut tomatoes at 63F. Tomatoes stacked to high. Remove more than half and store in refrigerator.critical
  Cold Holding • Chicken wings at 100F and beef patties at 129F. Door to unit open PIC removed and reheated and will turn up unit. PIC removed and reheated. • Cut tomatoes at 63F. Tomatoes stacked to high. Remove more than half and store in refrigerator.
• ⚠️Food Protection • Found food in refrigerator without covers. Properly store with covers as discussed.
  Food Protection • Found food in refrigerator without covers. Properly store with covers as discussed.
• ⚠️Good Hygienic Practices • No evidence that staff washing hand sink at front counter.critical
  Good Hygienic Practices • No evidence that staff washing hand sink at front counter.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Cutting boards in kitchen have dark stains and scores. Clean to remove or replace. At this time soiled cutting boards being used. When questioned about it they pulled out new one and removed old one. White cutting board stored on floor.
  Food Contact Surfaces Design • Cutting boards in kitchen have dark stains and scores. Clean to remove or replace. At this time soiled cutting boards being used. When questioned about it they pulled out new one and removed old one. White cutting board stored on floor.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Replace door or freezer in basement. Door will not close properly and unit has a lot of ice build up. Fix and clean unit or replace.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Replace door or freezer in basement. Door will not close properly and unit has a lot of ice build up. Fix and clean unit or replace.
• ⚠️Location Accessible • Hand sink at front counter still blocked with sanitizer bucket. Discontinue and so staff can wash hands more often and between tasks. This was addressed again with staff.critical
  Location Accessible • Hand sink at front counter still blocked with sanitizer bucket. Discontinue and so staff can wash hands more often and between tasks. This was addressed again with staff.
• ⚠️Premises Maintained • Clean organize and remove all old equipmet that is not working in location.
  Premises Maintained • Clean organize and remove all old equipmet that is not working in location.
• ⚠️PIC Knowledge • Certified staff member is on vacation for a few weeks. Location should look into having another ataff member take the class. This will help with monitoring proper temperatures storage and general cleaning amd repairs.critical
  PIC Knowledge • Certified staff member is on vacation for a few weeks. Location should look into having another ataff member take the class. This will help with monitoring proper temperatures storage and general cleaning amd repairs.

When was Villa Sombrero Cafe last inspected?

Villa Sombrero Cafe has 46 inspections on record going back to October 19, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Villa Sombrero Cafe 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 October 18, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.