El Cruce Market

1909 Columbus Av, Boston, MA 02119

Passed re-check · Feb 20, 2026 Directions
69
Poor BiteKarma score 69 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Last inspected Feb 20, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Feb 12, 2026.
  • Passed 5 of 9 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Keeps coming up: Prohibiting animals, cited 3 times, plus 3 other repeat issues.
  • 7 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 9 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Feb 20

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. Failed Feb 12

    Inspection

    3 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Person-in-charge-duties
    • Critical Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
    • L1
  4. 2025
  5. Passed Dec 29

    Reinspection

    No violations

  6. Failed Dec 22

    Inspection

    5 violations, 4 critical
    • Critical Prohibiting animals
    • Critical Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
    • Critical Person-in-charge-duties
    • Critical Package integrity
    • Minor Maintaining premises unnecessary items and litter

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