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Yellow Door Taqueria
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 17, 2026
- address354 Harrison Av, Roxbury 02118
Is Yellow Door Taqueria clean?
Yellow Door Taqueria is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 17, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Yellow Door Taqueria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Clean the interior chute of the ice machine to remove soils.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Clean the interior chute of the ice machine to remove soils.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the interiors of the fryer cabinets to remove grease buildup.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the interiors of the fryer cabinets to remove grease buildup.
- ⚠️Common Name-Working Containers (Pf) • Provide labels on all chemical spray bottlesCommon Name-Working Containers (Pf) • Provide labels on all chemical spray bottles
When was Yellow Door Taqueria last inspected?
Yellow Door Taqueria has 25 inspections on record going back to December 12, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 17, 2026 | Pass | |
| July 7, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 30, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 13, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 5, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 23, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 8, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| December 13, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 5, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — |
Yellow Door Taqueria vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 85% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 22 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 July 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.