Olu's African Market
Last inspected: Dec 29, 2025
67
Score
Inspectors have visited Olu's African Market four times, with records going back to 2025. On Dec 29, 2025, the health department conducted the most recent visit. When a facility lands in medium risk territory, it usually means a mixed inspection result.
The picture has improved over the last few visits: recent inspections have averaged around five violations, down from roughly eight violations earlier in the record.
The most common issue across all inspections has been “manual warewashing sink compartment requirements”, showing up four times.
That's lower than the typical Roslindale restaurant, which scores around 85. The record is unremarkable in either direction.
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Inspections
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Critical latest
3
Major latest
2
Minor latest
Inspection History
Dec 29, 2025
Routine
3 major violations. 2 minor violations.
View 5 violations
Manual warewashing sink compartment requirements (pf)
Inspector notes: Observed a 2 bay sink. Provide 3 bay sink with drainboards. Contact a licensed plumber pull permit and contact the plumbing inspector for approval.
590.004/4-301.12-PF
Handwashing sinks-numbers and capacities (pf)
Inspector notes: No hand sink installed in the prep room for hand washing. Contact a licensed plumber pull permit and ensure plumbing inspector signs off on the work done. This all needs to be done before this report can be passed.
590.005/5-203.11-PF
Cleaning agents and sanitizers availability (pf)
Inspector notes: No commerical grade detergent sanitizer or sanitizer kit. Provide
590.004/4-303.11-PF
Service sink (c)
Inspector notes: No mop sink. Provide and enclosed mop sink and storage for the mops and chemicals. Mops can not be stored on the ground.
590.005/5-203.13-C
Maintaining refuse areas and enclosures (c)
Inspector notes: Observed some equipment being stored outside next to the dumpster. PIC stated that a company was coming to remove all unnessary equipment.
590.005/5-501.115-C
67
Dec 23, 2025
Routine
3 major violations. 2 minor violations.
View 5 violations
Manual warewashing sink compartment requirements (pf)
Inspector notes: Observed a 2 bay sink. Provide 3 bay sink with drainboards. Contact a licensed plumber pull permit and contact the plumbing inspector for approval.
590.004/4-301.12-PF
Cleaning agents and sanitizers availability (pf)
Inspector notes: No commerical grade detergent sanitizer or sanitizer kit. Provide
590.004/4-303.11-PF
Handwashing sinks-numbers and capacities (pf)
Inspector notes: No hand sink installed in the prep room for hand washing. Contact a licensed plumber pull permit and ensure plumbing inspector signs off on the work done. This all needs to be done before this report can be passed.
590.005/5-203.11-PF
Maintaining refuse areas and enclosures (c)
Inspector notes: Observed some equipment being stored outside next to the dumpster. PIC stated that a company was coming to remove all unnessary equipment.
590.005/5-501.115-C
Service sink (c)
Inspector notes: No mop sink. Provide and enclosed mop sink and storage for the mops and chemicals. Mops can not be stored on the ground.
590.005/5-203.13-C
67
Oct 15, 2025
Routine
4 major violations. 6 minor violations.
View 10 violations
Handwashing sinks-numbers and capacities (pf)
Inspector notes: No hand sink installed in the prep room for hand washing. Contact a licensed plumber pull permit and ensure plumbing inspector signs off on the work done. This all needs to be done before this report can be passed.
590.005/5-203.11-PF
Cleaning agents and sanitizers availability (pf)
Inspector notes: No commerical grade detergent sanitizer or sanitizer kit. Provide
590.004/4-303.11-PF
Manual warewashing sink compartment requirements (pf)
Inspector notes: Observed a 2 bay sink. Provide 3 bay sink with drainboards. Contact a licensed plumber pull permit and contact the plumbing inspector for approval.
590.004/4-301.12-PF
Clean-up of vomiting and diarrheal events (pf)
Inspector notes: No vomit and diarrhea kit onsite. Provide vomit and diarrhea kit. Procedures will be emailed over to the owner. Please print out the procedures and keep the paper work with the diarrhea kit.
590.002/2-501.11-PF
Mechanical-ventilation (c)
Inspector notes: The bathroom next to the prep room does not have a fan/ ventilation. Provide fan
590.006/6-304.11-C
Outer openings protected (c)
Inspector notes: Provide door sweep to the exterior door leading out to the trash area. Ensure no daylight is coming through the bottom of the door.
590.006/6-202.15-C
Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability (c)
Inspector notes: Observed a few floor tiles that need to be repaired. Repair or replace broken floor tiles on the main floor. Observed baseboards in the prep room that need to be repaired. Repair Observed a second set of stairs in the basement that walks up into an unfinished room. They put a set of door to seal off the ceiling but still need to finsh the side wall to ensure no rodents can get through.
590.006/6-201.11-C
Maintaining refuse areas and enclosures (c)
Inspector notes: Observed some equipment being stored outside next to the dumpster. PIC stated that a company was coming to remove all unnessary equipment.
590.005/5-501.115-C
Service sink (c)
Inspector notes: No mop sink. Provide and enclosed mop sink and storage for the mops and chemicals. Mops can not be stored on the ground.
590.005/5-203.13-C
Drain boards (c)
Inspector notes: No means to dry equipment. Provide drying racks.
590.004/4-301.13-C
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Sep 30, 2025
Routine
1 critical violation. 7 major violations. 7 minor violations.
View 15 violations
When to wash (p)
Inspector notes: No hand wash signage in the employee bathrooms. Provide signage inside of all employee bathrooms. No toliet paper roll in the 2nd bathroom. Provide toliet paper roll.
590.002/2-301.14-P
Manual warewashing sink compartment requirements (pf)
Inspector notes: Observed a 2 bay sink. Provide 3 bay sink with drainboards. Contact a licensed plumber pull permit and contact the plumbing inspector for approval.
590.004/4-301.12-PF
Handwashing sinks-numbers and capacities (pf)
Inspector notes: No hand sink installed in the prep room for hand washing. Provide a hand sink soap means to dry hands and hand wash signage at the hand sink. Contact a licensed plumber pull permit and ensure plumbing inspector signs off on the work done. This all needs to be done before this report can be passed.
590.005/5-203.11-PF
Clean-up of vomiting and diarrheal events (pf)
Inspector notes: No vomit and diarrhea kit onsite. Provide vomit and diarrhea kit. Procedures will be emailed over to the owner. Please print out the procedures and keep the paper work with the diarrhea kit.
590.002/2-501.11-PF
Hand drying provision (pf)
Inspector notes: No means to dry hands at the hand sinks in the bathrooms. Provide means to dry hands.
590.006/6-301.12-PF
Handwashing cleanser availability (pf)
Inspector notes: No hand soap in bathrooms. Provide hand soap in all bathrooms.
590.006/6-301.11-PF
Handwashing sinks installation (pf)
Inspector notes: Temperature at the hand sink in the bathroom near the prep area is 65F. Ensure that hot water temperature at minimum 100F. Plumber was in the basement installing new hot water heater at the time of the inspection.
590.005/5-202.12-PF
Cleaning agents and sanitizers availability (pf)
Inspector notes: No commerical grade detergent sanitizer or sanitizer kit. Provide
590.004/4-303.11-PF
Drain boards (c)
Inspector notes: No means to dry equipment. Provide drying racks.
590.004/4-301.13-C
Mechanical-ventilation (c)
Inspector notes: The bathroom next to the prep room does not have a fan/ ventilation. Provide fan
590.006/6-304.11-C
Outer openings protected (c)
Inspector notes: Provide door sweep to the exterior door leading out to the trash area. Ensure no daylight is coming through the bottom of the door.
590.006/6-202.15-C
Maintaining refuse areas and enclosures (c)
Inspector notes: Observed old equipment not being used in the basement. Remove all unnessary equipment. There is a 30 yard dumpster in the back. PIC stated it was going to be removed today. Please remove all trash and equipment out back clean and sweep the area and provide dumpster. PIC stated he does have a contract with a trash company. Please provide contract.
590.005/5-501.115-C
Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability (c)
Inspector notes: Observed office ceiling tiles in the prep room. Provide smooth durable easy to clean ceiling tiles. Observed a few floor tiles that need to be repaired. Repair or replace broken floor tiles on the main floor. Observed baseboards in the prep room that need to be repaired. Repair Observed a second set of stairs in the basement that walks up into an unfinished room. PIC stated that they don't use them. Close off the ceiling to ensure that no rodents can get through. Observed holes in the basement foundation. Seal off holes to ensure no rodent can get through.
590.006/6-201.11-C
Repairing-premises structures attachments and fixtures-methods (c)
Inspector notes: Observed water on the floor in the boiler room located in the basement. Observed water stains on the foundation and a hole. Remove stagnant water repair foundation wall to eliminate water coming through and seal up any holes in the walls to ensure no water or rodents can get through.
590.006/6-501.11-C
Service sink (c)
Inspector notes: No mop sink. Provide and enclosed mop sink and storage for the mops and chemicals. Mops can not be stored on the ground.
590.005/5-203.13-C
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Frequently Asked Questions
When was Olu's African Market last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Olu's African Market on file is from Dec 29, 2025. The public record contains four inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Olu's African Market?
Across the inspection record, “manual warewashing sink compartment requirements” has been cited four times, more than any other issue at Olu's African Market.
How does Olu's African Market compare to other restaurants in Roslindale?
Olu's African Market most recently scored 67 out of 100, which is lower than the Roslindale average of 85.
Has Olu's African Market's inspection record improved over time?
Yes. Recent inspections at Olu's African Market have averaged around five violations per visit, down from roughly eight earlier in the record.
What does a medium risk rating mean?
A medium risk rating at Olu's African Market means the most recent inspection turned up a handful of issues that the health department wrote up but did not classify as critical.
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