La Neta
Last inspected: Apr 2, 2026
12
Score
La Neta, located at 255 Newbury St, Boston, MA, had a high-risk inspection on April 2, 2026, with a score of 12. This inspection identified 6 critical, 8 major, and 9 minor violations, including issues with handwashing sink operation and signage. Review of 19 scored inspections shows a historical pattern of high-risk ratings for this establishment.
19
Inspections
6
Critical latest
8
Major latest
9
Minor latest
Inspection History
Apr 2, 2026
Routine
6 critical violations. 8 major violations. 9 minor violations.
12
Apr 1, 2026
Routine
6 critical violations. 8 major violations. 9 minor violations.
12
Aug 29, 2025
Routine
2 critical violations. 3 major violations. 1 minor violation.
52
Aug 21, 2025
Routine
2 critical violations. 3 major violations. 1 minor violation.
52
Mar 4, 2025
Routine
1 minor violation.
95
Sep 24, 2024
Routine
1 critical violation. 3 major violations. 4 minor violations.
52
Sep 17, 2024
Routine
1 critical violation. 3 major violations. 4 minor violations.
52
Mar 8, 2024
Routine
2 critical violations. 6 major violations. 2 minor violations.
37
Mar 4, 2024
Routine
2 critical violations. 6 major violations. 2 minor violations.
37
Jul 31, 2023
Routine
2 critical violations. 1 minor violation.
70
Jul 24, 2023
Routine
2 critical violations. 1 minor violation.
70
Feb 17, 2023
Routine
1 major violation.
90
Jan 17, 2023
Routine
1 major violation.
90
Jan 9, 2023
Routine
1 critical violation. 3 major violations.
64
Dec 29, 2022
Routine
1 critical violation. 2 major violations.
70
Jul 15, 2022
Routine
1 major violation. 2 minor violations.
82
Jun 8, 2022
Routine
1 minor violation.
95
May 13, 2022
Routine
3 critical violations. 3 major violations. 3 minor violations.
41
May 6, 2022
Routine
3 critical violations. 3 major violations. 3 minor violations.
41
Violations — Apr 2, 2026 Inspection
Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance (pf)
Inspector notes: Observed an employee filling a squeeze bottle at a hand sink observed an employee dumping the contents of a chemical spray bottle into a hand sink; retrain staff to use hand sinks for hand washing only.
590.005/5-205.11-PF
Handwashing signage (c)
Inspector notes: In the bathroom there is no handwashing signage; provide signage in the restroom.
590.006/6-301.14-C
When to wash (p)
Inspector notes: Observed employees drinking in the back of house area touching their faces and clothes and blowing their nose then proceeding to touch food contact surfaces; retrain staff on proper hand washing.
590.002/2-301.14-P
Where to wash (pf)
Inspector notes: Observed an employee wash their hands in a prep or dishwashing sink directly next to a working hand sink; retrain staff to only wash hands in hand sinks.
590.002/2-301.15-PF
Eating drinking or using tobacco (c)
Inspector notes: Observed multiple employees and food handlers drinking in food preperation areas; provide a designated area where employees can eat and drink without contaminating foods and food contact surfaces.
590.002/2-401.11-C
Cleaning procedure (p)
Inspector notes: Observed multiple employees not follow proper handwashing technique using soap on dry hands and then rubbing their hands under running water for less than five seconds; retrain staff on proper handwashing technique.
590.002/2-301.12-P
Effectiveness-hair restraints (c)
Inspector notes: Observed multiple food handlers without effective hair restraints; provide effective hair restraints for all food handlers including employees who are handling chips and salsa.
590.002/2-402.11-C
Clean-up of vomiting and diarrheal events (pf)
Inspector notes: Per discussion with the person in charge the location has no written procedures to address a vomit and diarrhea event; provide.
590.002/2-501.11-PF
Kitchenware and tableware-preventing contamination (c)
Inspector notes: Observed an employee handling untensils by their food contact surfaces with bare hands; ensure that employees wash their hands and use gloves when handling sanitized tableware.
590.004/4-904.11-C1
Toilet room receptacle covered (c)
Inspector notes: In the bathroom there is no covered receptacle; provide a covered receptacle in the bathroom.
590.005/5-501.17-C
(a) (b) and (c)(1) (4)-(16) demonstration (pf)
Inspector notes: Upon interviewing the person in charge who is a certified food protection manager they were unable to answer questions about the correct temperatures for hot holding cold holding reheating how to properly cool foods could not answer questions about illness policy and was not taking active managerial control of observed violations and the health inspector had to direct corrective actions of observed violations; provide a person in charge who knowledgeable about food safety illness policy sanitization and that can take active managerial control.
590.002(B)/2-102.11-PF
Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation (p)
Inspector notes: In the walkin refrigerator observed raw shell eggs stored directly above beef and ready-to-eat sauces and vegetables / in the chef drawers below the grill observed raw ribeye steaks stored directly above cooked pork; store raw proteins below ready-to-eat foods and by their cooking hierarchy. After the observeation the health inspector instructed the person in charge to fix the hierarchy issues and observed the corrective action.
590.003/3-302.11-P
In-use utensils between-use storage (c)
Inspector notes: Observed a single-use plastic drinking cup used to scoop ice stored inside the basin touching ice; utensils used to scoop foods from bulk must have handles to prevent contamination by hands.
590.003/3-304.12-C
Miscellaneous sources of contamination (c)
Inspector notes: Per a discussion with the person in charge they stated that produce and raw proteins including chicken is washed in the three compartment sinks and there are no written procedures or variances for this practice; cease using three compartment sinks to wash produce and proteins and use an approved prep sink.
590.003/3-307.11-C
(a)(1) time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding (p)
Inspector notes: In the steam well observed cooked chicken carnitas at 90F / in the hot holding device in the customer area observed cheese sauce and tomato based salsas at 70F; per the person in charge the cheeses and salsas had been put into the hot holding device at 10:00am and the proteins in the hot wells had been placed there at around 11:00am; the health inspector had the person in charge direct staff to rapidly reheat the foods to 165F using the flat top grill then place the foods into hot holding. Hold TCS foods at 135F and above. Foods after reaheating: salsa 200F steak 165F
590.003/3-501.16-P1
Consumption of animal foods that are raw undercooked or not otherwise processed to eliminate pathogens (pf)
Inspector notes: Per a conversation with the person in charge the rib eye for the tacos can be requested by customers to be served undercooked but there is no reminder on the menu item; provide an asterix on all menu items that can be served undercooked or raw.
590.003/3-603.11-PF
Preventing contamination from hands (p)
Inspector notes: Observed a food handler preparing raw tomatoes with bare hands that per the person in charge was going to be used for pico de gallo and not cooked; ensure that food handlers are washing their hands and wearing gloves when handling ready-to-eat foods.
590.003(C)/3-301.11-P
Temperature measuring devices-functionality (c)
Inspector notes: There are multiple cold holding units without internal thermometers; provide internal thermometers for all cold holding units.
590.004/4-204.112-C
Food temperature measuring devices (pf)
Inspector notes: Only an IR thermometer was able to be presented during the inspection when asked to provide a food thermometer; provide a thin stemmed thermometer suitable to test hot and cold foods.
590.004/4-302.12-PF
Temperature measuring devices manual and mechanical warewashing (pf)
Inspector notes: Per the person in charge the warewashing machine is set up to sanitize using heat but could not provide an irreversible thermometer; provide an irreversible thermometer for the high temperature warewashing machine.
590.004/4-302.13-PF
Separation-storage (p)
Inspector notes: Observed a chemical spray bottle with a blue liquid inside stored with the sprayer hanging directly over ice that per the person in charge is used for drinks posing a contamination risk; do not store chemicals above or near foods.
590.007/7-201.11-P
Common name-working containers (pf)
Inspector notes: Observed multiple in use spray bottles throughout the kitchen without name labels for their contents; provide name lables on all chemical bottles.
590.007/7-102.11-PF
Removing dead or trapped birds insects rodents and other pest (c)
Inspector notes: In the electrical closet observed a deceased mouse on a snap trap but did not observe pest activity anywhere in the establishment; check traps with more frequency to remove trapped or deceased pests.
590.006/6-501.112-C
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