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B & A Bargains
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 30, 2010
- address1089 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02125
Is B & A Bargains clean?
B & A Bargains is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 30, 2010. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at B & A Bargains?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 30, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Toilet Enclosed Clean • Restroom in back storage area visibly soiled. Clean to remove. Restroom vent cover visibly soiled. Clean to remove.Toilet Enclosed Clean • Restroom in back storage area visibly soiled. Clean to remove. Restroom vent cover visibly soiled. Clean to remove.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Floor of restroom visibly soiled. Clean to remove.Improper Maintenance of Floors • Floor of restroom visibly soiled. Clean to remove.
When was B & A Bargains last inspected?
B & A Bargains has 19 inspections on record going back to January 28, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 30, 2010 | Pass | |
| March 22, 2010 | Fail | |
| October 20, 2009 | Pass | |
| September 4, 2009 | — | |
| September 2, 2009 | Fail | |
| July 14, 2009 | Pass | |
| June 30, 2009 | Fail | |
| June 22, 2009 | Fail | |
| January 16, 2009 | Pass | |
| January 9, 2009 | Fail | |
| August 27, 2008 | Pass | |
| August 21, 2008 | Fail |
B & A Bargains 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 March 30, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.