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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 Aug 19, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Aug 11, 2026.
- Passed 6 of 12 graded inspections since 2023.
- Keeps coming up: Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils, cited 3 times, plus 8 other repeat issues.
- #7 in Boston's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- 18 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 12 visits
- 2026
- Passed Aug 19
Reinspection
No violations
- Failed Aug 11
Inspection
11 violations, 7 critical
- Critical Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
- Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
- Critical Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
- Critical Handwashing cleanser availability
- Critical Controlling pests
- Critical Cleaning agents and sanitizers availability
- Critical Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding
- Minor Covering receptacles
- Minor In-use utensils between-use storage
- Minor Good repair and proper adjustment-equipment
- Minor Maintaining refuse areas and enclosures
- Passed May 14
Reinspection
No violations
- Failed May 7
Inspection
12 violations, 8 critical
- Critical Controlling pests
- Critical Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding
- Critical Cleaning agents and sanitizers availability
- Critical Temperature measuring devices-functionality
- Critical Shellstock maintaining identification
- Critical Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
- Critical Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
- Critical Warewashing machines automatic dispensing of detergents and sanitizers
- Minor Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability
- Minor Wiping cloths use limitation
- Minor In-use utensils between-use storage
- Minor Miscellaneous sources of contamination
Nearby
BiteKarma scores around Para Maria, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.