El Jefe's Taqueria
Latest: PASS W/ CONDITIONS
September 12, 2025
Address
80 BOYLSTON ST
Back Bay, MA 02116
Inspection History
15 inspections
5 failures
License
License #415054
Last inspected: September 12, 2025
Inspection History (15 most recent)
PASS W/ CONDITIONS
September 12, 2025
at 4:18 PM
1 violation
590.004/4-501.11-C - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C): Repair the interior drawer gasket under the char broiler.
PASS
June 11, 2025
at 5:18 PM
2 violations
590.004/4-302.14-PF - Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf): No test kit for quats sanitizer. Provide. | 590.005/5-501.115-C - Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C): Standing water under compactor dumpster. Clean to remove.
FAIL
June 4, 2025
at 5:49 PM
2 violations
590.004/4-302.14-PF - Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf): No test kit for quats sanitizer. Provide. | 590.005/5-501.115-C - Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C): Standing water under compactor dumpster. Clean to remove.
PASS
March 25, 2025
at 2:44 PM
2 violations
590.003/3-404.11-PF - Treating Juice (Pf): Untreated Fresh squeezed bottle on site orange juice without warning label. Provide. | 590.004/4-602.13-C - Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C): Ceiling in prep room with visible soils. Clean to remove.
FAIL
March 17, 2025
at 5:23 PM
2 violations
590.003/3-404.11-PF - Treating Juice (Pf): Untreated Fresh squeezed bottle on site orange juice without warning label. Provide. | 590.004/4-602.13-C - Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C): Ceiling in prep room with visible soils. Clean to remove.
PASS W/ CONDITIONS
December 20, 2024
at 4:29 PM
1 violation
590.003/3-302.12-C - Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C): Squeeze bottles not labeled. Corrected on site.
PASS W/ CONDITIONS
February 9, 2024
at 2:17 PM
1 violation
590.006/6-201.14-C - Floor Carpeting Restrictions and Installation (C): Remove carpet section in rear hallway and install cleanable flooring.
PASS
March 8, 2023
at 8:16 PM
15 violations
590.002/2-301.11-P - Clean condition-Hands and Arms (P): Observed food handlers not lathering for 20 seconds and shutting off faucet with a barrier - PIC took immediate corrective action during inspection | 590.002/2-301.14-P - When to Wash (P): O...
FAIL
February 22, 2023
at 7:59 PM
15 violations
590.002/2-301.11-P - Clean condition-Hands and Arms (P): Observed food handlers not lathering for 20 seconds and shutting off faucet with a barrier - PIC took immediate corrective action during inspection | 590.002/2-301.14-P - When to Wash (P): O...
PASS
March 29, 2022
at 2:59 PM
11 violations
590.002/2-301.14-P - When to Wash (P): Observed food handlers leaving and returning to work station without wash hand - Educate food handlers and employees on proper hand washing | 590.002/2-501.11-PF - Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (P...
FAIL
March 15, 2022
at 6:18 PM
11 violations
590.002/2-301.14-P - When to Wash (P): Observed food handlers leaving and returning to work station without wash hand - Educate food handlers and employees on proper hand washing | 590.002/2-501.11-PF - Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (P...
PASS W/ CONDITIONS
April 29, 2021
at 6:35 PM
1 violation
590.003/3-307.11-C - Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C): The reach in refrigerator in the prep area has a lot of water dripping on the products in the refrigerator they have the products covered but the refrigerator should not be leaking ...
PASS
November 12, 2020
at 5:22 PM
2 violations
590.003/3-501.16-P1 - (A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P): Grilled chicken 125F cooked steak 117F. Maintain at above 135F. | 590.004/4-301.11-PF - Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf): Esta...
FAIL
November 4, 2020
at 5:48 PM
2 violations
590.003/3-501.16-P1 - (A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P): Grilled chicken 125F cooked steak 117F. Maintain at above 135F. | 590.004/4-301.11-PF - Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf): Esta...
PASS
August 4, 2020
at 12:18 PM
0 violations