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Zocalo Cocina Mexicana
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 31, 2015
- address35 Stanhope St, Boston 02116
Is Zocalo Cocina Mexicana clean?
Zocalo Cocina Mexicana is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 31, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Zocalo Cocina Mexicana?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 31, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Utensil Storage • bar ice bin/provide scoop with handleFood Utensil Storage • bar ice bin/provide scoop with handle
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • resurface all worn white cutting boardsFood Contact Surfaces Design • resurface all worn white cutting boards
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • walk in freezer/defrost condensorNon-Food Contact Surfaces • walk in freezer/defrost condensor
- ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • lower dishmachine/repair unit 3 bay sink/repair sanitizer pump to provide sanitizer at 200ppmDishwashng Facilities • lower dishmachine/repair unit 3 bay sink/repair sanitizer pump to provide sanitizer at 200ppm
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • bar/provide internal thermometer to reach in unit wait station/provide thermometer to reach in unitEquipment Thermometers • bar/provide internal thermometer to reach in unit wait station/provide thermometer to reach in unit
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • bar dishmachine/clean exterior of unit and gauges bar/clean all silver and black shelving bar/clean interior of reach in units wait station/clean all shelving and reach in unitsNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • bar dishmachine/clean exterior of unit and gauges bar/clean all silver and black shelving bar/clean interior of reach in units wait station/clean all shelving and reach in units
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • lower bar/repair leak from dishmachine lower bar handsink/repair hot water faucet to provide stronger flow of hot waterInstalled and Maintained • lower bar/repair leak from dishmachine lower bar handsink/repair hot water faucet to provide stronger flow of hot water
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • bar handsink/provide refill of liquid pump soap rear wait station handsink/provide liquid soap and paper towels in dispenser hot line handsink/provide employee must wash hands signage restroom/provide employee must wash hands signageHand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • bar handsink/provide refill of liquid pump soap rear wait station handsink/provide liquid soap and paper towels in dispenser hot line handsink/provide employee must wash hands signage restroom/provide employee must wash hands signage
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • dining room/replace damaged floor tile bar/clean floor area under all shelving at front of bar and rear storageImproper Maintenance of Floors • dining room/replace damaged floor tile bar/clean floor area under all shelving at front of bar and rear storage
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • ice machine/replace missing ceiling tile mop sink/clean light shield dishroom/remove mold like substance from walls and clean light shieldImproper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • ice machine/replace missing ceiling tile mop sink/clean light shield dishroom/remove mold like substance from walls and clean light shield
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • lower bar/clean/organize storage roomsPremises Maintained • lower bar/clean/organize storage rooms
When was Zocalo Cocina Mexicana last inspected?
Zocalo Cocina Mexicana has 30 inspections on record going back to November 9, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2015 | Pass | |
| July 24, 2015 | Fail | |
| February 12, 2015 | Pass | |
| February 5, 2015 | Fail | |
| June 20, 2014 | Pass | |
| June 19, 2014 | Fail | |
| June 12, 2014 | Fail | |
| February 28, 2014 | Pass | |
| February 7, 2014 | Fail | |
| January 30, 2014 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| September 6, 2013 | Pass |
Zocalo Cocina Mexicana vs Bay Village
Bay Village runs 88% clean across 350 tracked restaurants — 292 clean, 16 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 350 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Village, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 31, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.