🚨 Recent Restaurant Closures 🚨

Temazcal Cantina

Latest: PASS September 10, 2025

🍽️ Cuisine: Mexican

📍 Neighborhood: South Boston

🚇 Nearest Transit: South Station (Red Line)

Address
250 NORTHERN AV
Boston, MA 02210
Inspection History
25 inspections
6 failures
License
License #201182
Last inspected: September 10, 2025

Inspection History (25 most recent)

PASS September 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
7 violations
590.004/4-302.14-PF - Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf): Provide sanitizer strip for the low temp dish machine | 590.004/4-501.11-C - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C): Repair gasket on the walkin refrigerator | 590.004/4-50...
FAIL September 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
7 violations
590.004/4-302.14-PF - Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf): Provide sanitizer strip for the low temp dish machine | 590.004/4-501.11-C - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C): Repair gasket on the walkin refrigerator | 590.004/4-50...
PASS April 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
0 violations
PASS November 26, 2024 at 5:19 PM
0 violations
PASS April 17, 2024 at 4:18 PM
4 violations
590.004/4-602.13-C - Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C): Heavy food soils on top of dishmachine. Clean to remove | 590.005/5-205.11-PF - Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf): Handsink blocked by trash barrel. PIC removed once directed...
FAIL April 10, 2024 at 4:55 PM
4 violations
590.004/4-602.13-C - Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C): Heavy food soils on top of dishmachine. Clean to remove | 590.005/5-205.11-PF - Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf): Handsink blocked by trash barrel. PIC removed once directed...
PASS W/ CONDITIONS December 4, 2023 at 4:10 PM
1 violation
590.005/5-205.15-C - System Maintained in Good Repair (C): Handsink clogged at left hand side of cookline. Plumber is enroute per PIC on site. Handwashing practices are satisfactory.
PASS May 4, 2023 at 3:36 PM
0 violations
PASS W/ CONDITIONS September 13, 2022 at 2:39 PM
1 violation
590.006/6-101.11-C - Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C): Cookline and bar floor surfaces are worn in several areas with missing covering and exposed concrete. Repair/resurface.
FAIL August 2, 2022 at 3:47 PM
6 violations
590.003/3-306.11-P - Food Display-Preventing Contamination by Consumers (P): Cut bar fruit in containers open and exposed to common area where customers walk by and sit near at bar. Provide proper food protection. | 590.003/3-501.16-P - (A)(2) and...
FAIL July 26, 2022 at 5:41 PM
6 violations
590.003/3-306.11-P - Food Display-Preventing Contamination by Consumers (P): Cut bar fruit in containers open and exposed to common area where customers walk by and sit near at bar. Provide proper food protection. | 590.003/3-501.16-P - (A)(2) and...
PASS W/ CONDITIONS December 17, 2021 at 7:46 PM
1 violation
590.004/4-204.13-C - Dispensing Equipment Protection of Equipment and Food (C): Relocate ice scoop stored inside the blue container being stored too close to the designated mop sink area = relocate as discussed
PASS W/ CONDITIONS April 1, 2021 at 6:50 PM
1 violation
590.006/6-301.14-C - Handwashing Signage (C): Clearly label all hand sinks located throughout the food prep / warewashing and bar areas as discussed " HAND WASHING ONLY"
PASS July 22, 2020 at 5:12 PM
0 violations
PASS January 25, 2019 at 3:50 PM
0 violations
PASS W/ CONDITIONS November 6, 2018 at 4:47 PM
2 violations
15-4-202.16 - Non-Food Contact Surfaces: Refrigerator at serving line inoperable. Repair. Using indirect contact with ice as a coolant until unit can be fixed. Salsa holding at 39F. Ample alternative refrigeration on site holding at 41F or below. ...
PASS March 8, 2018 at 4:52 PM
1 violation
20-4-703.11 - Food Contact Surfaces Clean: Establishment using stone bowls with porous rough surfaces lined with a banana leaf to serve guacamole. Remove & discontinue using stone bowls immediately. Replace with smooth durable non-porous e...
FAIL March 1, 2018 at 7:20 PM
1 violation
20-4-703.11 - Food Contact Surfaces Clean: Establishment using stone bowls with porous rough surfaces lined with a banana leaf to serve guacamole. Remove & discontinue using stone bowls immediately. Replace with smooth durable non-porous e...
PASS February 5, 2018 at 3:35 PM
3 violations
14-4-202.11 - Food Contact Surfaces Design: Establishment using ramekins and bowl used to prepare guacamole constructed of rough porous aluminum & stone surfaces. Replace with NSF grade smooth durable non porous & easily cleanable surf...
FAIL January 29, 2018 at 5:22 PM
3 violations
14-4-202.11 - Food Contact Surfaces Design: Establishment using ramekins and bowl used to prepare guacamole constructed of rough porous aluminum & stone surfaces. Replace with NSF grade smooth durable non porous & easily cleanable surf...
PASS W/ CONDITIONS December 12, 2017 at 5:39 PM
2 violations
14-4-202.11 - Food Contact Surfaces Design: Relocate ice scoop located alongside the ice machine - stored too close to the exposed slop sink area | 25-4-904.11 - Single Service Articles Stored Dispensed: Plastic white buckets are being re-used sev...
PASS W/ CONDITIONS October 25, 2017 at 2:54 PM
0 violations
PASS W/ CONDITIONS May 22, 2017 at 4:45 PM
3 violations
14-4-202.11 - Food Contact Surfaces Design: Replace worn uncleanable white cutting boards where needed on the cooking line and located throughout the facility Straws out for self service need to be wrapped -...
PASS W/ CONDITIONS December 22, 2016 at 7:56 PM
1 violation
08-3-305-307.11 - Food Protection: Relocate all raw poultry in the lower shelf being stored directly beside raw beef to reduce potential contamination
PASS August 10, 2016 at 3:51 PM
0 violations
Data sourced directly from Boston Inspectional Services Department