El Penol

54 Bennington St, Boston, MA 02128

Passed re-check · Oct 23, 2026 Directions
82
Good BiteKarma score 82 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 Oct 23, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Oct 16, 2026.
  • Passed 5 of 8 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Keeps coming up: Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking, cited 2 times, plus 3 other repeat issues.
  • 3 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 8 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Oct 23

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. Failed Oct 16

    Inspection

    10 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Warewashing machines temperature measuring devices
    • Critical Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
    • Minor In-use utensils between-use storage
    • Minor Toilet rooms enclosed
    • Minor Food storage containers identified with common name of food
    • Minor Sponges use limitation
    • Minor Effectiveness-hair restraints
    • Minor Temperature measuring devices-functionality
    • Minor Food storage-preventing contamination from the premises
    • L1
  4. Perfect Jan 14

    Inspection

    No violations

  5. 2025
  6. Perfect Aug 5

    Inspection

    No violations

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