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Viva Mi Arepa
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 16, 2025
- address5197 Washington St, West Roxbury 02132
Is Viva Mi Arepa clean?
Viva Mi Arepa is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 16, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Viva Mi Arepa?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • As discussed in two refrigerator please provide some shelves inside so foods are not piled ontop of each other.Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • As discussed in two refrigerator please provide some shelves inside so foods are not piled ontop of each other.
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • PIC will need to provide a thermometer for each of the refrigerators that did not have themTemperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • PIC will need to provide a thermometer for each of the refrigerators that did not have them
- ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • As discussed please patch the wall behind the three bay sink.Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • As discussed please patch the wall behind the three bay sink.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean the floor under and behind cooking equipment.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean the floor under and behind cooking equipment.
When was Viva Mi Arepa last inspected?
Viva Mi Arepa has 80 inspections on record going back to November 28, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 24, 2025 | — | |
| April 16, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| October 30, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 21, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 15, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 3, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| November 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 17, 2023 | Fail | |
| September 11, 2023 | Pass |
Viva Mi Arepa 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 8% 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 April 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.