Pollos A La Brasa El Chalan
405 Chelsea St, Boston, MA 02128
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 Jul 29, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Jul 22, 2026.
- Keeps coming up: Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking, cited 5 times, plus 19 other repeat issues.
- Passed 11 of 24 graded inspections since 2023.
- 17 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 24 visits
- 2026
- Passed Jul 29
Reinspection
No violations
- Failed Jul 22
Inspection
14 violations, 4 critical
- Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
- Critical Cooling
- Critical Sanitizers criteria-chemicals
- Critical Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding
- Minor Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
- Minor Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
- Minor Food storage containers identified with common name of food
- Minor Food storage-preventing contamination from the premises
- Minor Cutting surfaces
- Minor Characteristics-materials for construction and repair
- Minor In-use utensils between-use storage
- Minor Walls and ceilings attachments
- Minor Sponges use limitation
- Minor Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability
- Passed May 8
Reinspection
No violations
- Failed Apr 29
Inspection
2 violations
- Minor Food preparation
- Minor Service sink
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