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Viva Taco
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 6, 2026
- address378A Centre St, Jamaica Plain 02130
Is Viva Taco clean?
Viva Taco is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 6, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Viva Taco?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on March 6, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Viva Taco last inspected?
Viva Taco has 13 inspections on record going back to July 1, 2024. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 6, 2026 | Pass | |
| December 11, 2025 | — | |
| July 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 23, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 21, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 14, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 7, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| September 27, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 21, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 19, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 12, 2024 | Fail |
Viva Taco vs Mission Hill
Mission Hill runs 77% clean across 251 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 24 mid, 31 cooked.
Against the 251 spots Cooked tracks in Mission Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 March 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.