El Jefe's Taqueria
80 BOYLSTON ST, BOSTON, MA 02116
Last inspected Aug 14, 2026
Official source: Boston Public Health Commission (boston.gov) · All data sources
Passed. Met health requirements at the latest inspection. Some health departments report pass/fail instead of letter grades.
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The record, in plain English
CleanPlate holds 22 inspections on record for El Jefe's Taqueria, spanning August 2020 to August 2026 — every one straight from Boston Public Health Commission.
The trend is positive: it improved from failed at the previous visit to passed now.
The most recent inspection noted 1 violation, none of them critical.
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Inspection history
Aug 14, 2026
✓1 violation
- Controlling Pests (C)
Aug 3, 2026
✕1 violation
- Controlling Pests (C)
Jun 9, 2026
✓Feb 27, 2026
✓1 violation
- Controlling Pests (Pf)
Feb 20, 2026
✕1 violation
- Controlling Pests (Pf)
Sep 12, 2025
✓1 violation
- Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C)
Jun 11, 2025
✓2 violations
- Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)
- Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C)
Jun 4, 2025
✕2 violations
- Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)
- Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C)
Mar 25, 2025
✓2 violations
- Treating Juice (Pf)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
Mar 17, 2025
✕2 violations
- Treating Juice (Pf)
- Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
Dec 20, 2024
✓1 violation
- Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)
Feb 9, 2024
✓1 violation
- Floor Carpeting Restrictions and Installation (C)
Jan 3, 2024
–Mar 8, 2023
✓14 violations
- Clean condition-Hands and Arms (P)
- When to Wash (P)
- Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (C)
- Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)
- Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C)
- (A) Gloves Use Limitation (P)
- Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
- Food Labels (Pf)
- Manual Warewashing Sink Compartment Requirements (C)
- Cooking and Baking Equipment (C)
- Equipment and Utensils Air-Drying Required (C)
- Toilet Room Receptacle Covered (C)
- Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
- Toilet Rooms Enclosed (C)
Feb 22, 2023
✕14 violations
- Clean condition-Hands and Arms (P)
- When to Wash (P)
- Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (C)
- Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)
- Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C)
- (A) Gloves Use Limitation (P)
- Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
- Food Labels (Pf)
- Manual Warewashing Sink Compartment Requirements (C)
- Cooking and Baking Equipment (C)
- Equipment and Utensils Air-Drying Required (C)
- Toilet Room Receptacle Covered (C)
- Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
- Toilet Rooms Enclosed (C)
Jan 18, 2023
–Mar 29, 2022
✓11 violations
- When to Wash (P)
- Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf)
- Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)
- (A) Gloves Use Limitation (P)
- Consumption of Animal Foods that are Raw Undercooked or Not Otherwise Processed to Eliminate Pathogens (Pf)
- Temperature Measuring Devices Food-Accuracy (Pf)
- Cutting Surfaces (C)
- Cooking and Baking Equipment (C)
- Equipment and Utensils Air-Drying Required (C)
- Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf)
- Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
Mar 15, 2022
✕11 violations
- When to Wash (P)
- Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf)
- Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)
- (A) Gloves Use Limitation (P)
- Consumption of Animal Foods that are Raw Undercooked or Not Otherwise Processed to Eliminate Pathogens (Pf)
- Temperature Measuring Devices Food-Accuracy (Pf)
- Cutting Surfaces (C)
- Cooking and Baking Equipment (C)
- Equipment and Utensils Air-Drying Required (C)
- Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf)
- Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
Apr 29, 2021
✓1 violation
- Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C)
Nov 12, 2020
✓2 violations
- (A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)
- Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf)
Nov 4, 2020
✕2 violations
- (A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)
- Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf)
Aug 4, 2020
✓
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