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Ashmont Grill
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 28, 2022
- address555 Talbot Av, Dorchester 02124
Is Ashmont Grill clean?
Ashmont Grill is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 28, 2022. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Ashmont Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 28, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Several squeeze bottles filled with sauces/dressings have no labels. Provide.Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Several squeeze bottles filled with sauces/dressings have no labels. Provide.
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Hand sink in the main preparation area with a splash guard on only one side. Provide a splash guard on the side where the preparation table is located to ensure no contamination from washing hands. Excess moisture observed on the lower shelf to the single door cooler located near the 10 top burner. Address and make any necessary repairs. Unnit was operating properly at the time of the inspection.Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Hand sink in the main preparation area with a splash guard on only one side. Provide a splash guard on the side where the preparation table is located to ensure no contamination from washing hands. Excess moisture observed on the lower shelf to the single door cooler located near the 10 top burner. Address and make any necessary repairs. Unnit was operating properly at the time of the inspection.
- ⚠️(A) and (C) Good Repair and Calibration-Utensils and Temperature and Pressure Measuring Devices (C) • High temperature dish machine not registering to 180F on the final rinse and showing some type of error message prior to completing cycle. Address make any necessary repairs and use 3 bay sink if the dish machine is unable to properly wash rinse and sanitize all equipment.(A) and (C) Good Repair and Calibration-Utensils and Temperature and Pressure Measuring Devices (C) • High temperature dish machine not registering to 180F on the final rinse and showing some type of error message prior to completing cycle. Address make any necessary repairs and use 3 bay sink if the dish machine is unable to properly wash rinse and sanitize all equipment.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Excess moisture on the lower shelf of the single door cooler at the front service line. Clean to remove.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Excess moisture on the lower shelf of the single door cooler at the front service line. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Light Bulbs Protective Shielding (C) • Lights near the stacked Blodget ovens have no shields. Provide.Light Bulbs Protective Shielding (C) • Lights near the stacked Blodget ovens have no shields. Provide.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Evidence of fruit fly activity noted behind the bar area. Address and provide an up to date pest control report for the re-inspection.Controlling Pests (Pf) • Evidence of fruit fly activity noted behind the bar area. Address and provide an up to date pest control report for the re-inspection.
When was Ashmont Grill last inspected?
Ashmont Grill has 50 inspections on record going back to January 31, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| July 28, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 22, 2022 | — | |
| July 15, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| February 7, 2022 | — | |
| January 27, 2022 | Fail | |
| May 10, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 22, 2021 | Fail | |
| March 11, 2021 | Fail | |
| August 28, 2020 | Pass |
Ashmont Grill 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 July 28, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.