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Alex Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 28, 2016
- address316 Talbot Av, Dorchester 02124
Is Alex Market clean?
Alex Market is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 28, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Alex Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 28, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Protection • All product need to be stored off the floor 6 inches at all times. Multiple items in basement stored on the floor. Product in basement and on retail shelves dusty. Clean to remove.Food Protection • All product need to be stored off the floor 6 inches at all times. Multiple items in basement stored on the floor. Product in basement and on retail shelves dusty. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Glass door on reach in refrigerator broken with sharp edges. Replace.Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Glass door on reach in refrigerator broken with sharp edges. Replace.
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Remove cat cat litter box and food from location. Provide an uptodate pest control report for location.Insects Rodents Animals • Remove cat cat litter box and food from location. Provide an uptodate pest control report for location.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floor under and behind shelves in basement. Visibly soiled with debris and paper trashImproper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floor under and behind shelves in basement. Visibly soiled with debris and paper trash
When was Alex Market last inspected?
Alex Market has 19 inspections on record going back to May 27, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| November 22, 2017 | — | |
| December 28, 2016 | Pass | |
| December 15, 2016 | Fail | |
| June 16, 2015 | Pass | |
| June 9, 2015 | Fail | |
| July 2, 2014 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2013 | — | |
| March 11, 2013 | Fail | |
| August 20, 2012 | — | |
| March 5, 2012 | Pass | |
| May 18, 2011 | — |
Alex Market vs Dorchester
Dorchester runs 85% clean across 542 tracked restaurants — 445 clean, 31 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 542 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.
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How Boston grades restaurants
Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 28, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.