La Esquina Sandwiches

624 Blue Hill Av, Boston, MA 02121

Passed re-check · Jan 13, 2026 Directions
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Poor BiteKarma score 58 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 Jan 13, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Jan 6, 2026.
  • Keeps coming up: Food labels, cited 4 times, plus 7 other repeat issues.
  • Passed 4 of 12 graded inspections since 2023.
  • 10 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 12 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Jan 13

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. Failed Jan 6

    Inspection

    11 violations, 6 critical
    • Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
    • Critical Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
    • Critical Hand drying provision
    • Critical Sanitizing solutions testing devices
    • Critical Person-in-charge-duties
    • Critical Food labels
    • Minor System maintained in good repair
    • Minor Sponges use limitation
    • Minor Food storage containers identified with common name of food
    • Minor Cutting surfaces
    • L1
  4. 2025
  5. Failed Jul 21

    Inspection

    5 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
    • Minor Wiping cloths use limitation
    • Minor Miscellaneous sources of contamination
  6. Passed Feb 4

    Reinspection

    No violations

Nearby

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