Salsa's Mexican Grill

417 Washington St, Boston, MA 02108

Passed re-check · Sep 23, 2026 Directions
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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 Sep 23, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Sep 15, 2026.
  • Passed 8 of 16 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Keeps coming up: Backflow prevention device when required, cited 3 times, plus 3 other repeat issues.
  • 9 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 16 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Sep 23

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. Failed Sep 15

    Inspection

    4 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Where to wash
    • Critical Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
    • Minor Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
    • Minor In-use utensils between-use storage
  4. Passed Apr 21

    Reinspection

    No violations

  5. Failed Apr 14

    Inspection

    3 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
    • Critical Common name-working containers
    • Minor In-use utensils between-use storage

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