Bowdoin Market

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 24, 2009
• address235 Bowdoin St, Dorchester 02122

Is Bowdoin Market clean?

Bowdoin Market is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 24, 2009. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Bowdoin Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 24, 2009, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Card board being used for shelving under small bottles of soda. Discontinue and ensure all surfaces are maintained cleanable durable and smooth.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Card board being used for shelving under small bottles of soda. Discontinue and ensure all surfaces are maintained cleanable durable and smooth.
• ⚠️Spoilage Unsafe Food • 20 Each bottles of Alpina Guava baby food and 46 bottles of 4oz. bottles of Alpina pineapple baby food. PIC removed them from shelves to be returned to companybfor credit. If no credit is received then bottles are to be discarded and denatured during re-inspection.critical
  Spoilage Unsafe Food • 20 Each bottles of Alpina Guava baby food and 46 bottles of 4oz. bottles of Alpina pineapple baby food. PIC removed them from shelves to be returned to companybfor credit. If no credit is received then bottles are to be discarded and denatured during re-inspection.
• ⚠️Approved Source • No documentation provided for salted cod in zip lock bags. Provide or discontinue sales of product.critical
  Approved Source • No documentation provided for salted cod in zip lock bags. Provide or discontinue sales of product.
• ⚠️Food Container Labels • Ziplocked bags with Salted Cod with no labels. Provide.
  Food Container Labels • Ziplocked bags with Salted Cod with no labels. Provide.
• ⚠️Cold Holding • Chicken and beef Pastalitos left out at room temperature at 88F. PIC removed and is to no longer sell at the retail level. All PHF'S are to be maintained at 140F and above.critical
  Cold Holding • Chicken and beef Pastalitos left out at room temperature at 88F. PIC removed and is to no longer sell at the retail level. All PHF'S are to be maintained at 140F and above.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Heavy ice build-up on coils of front refrigeration unit. Defrost to remove. Shelves containing potatoes bananas and onions visibly soiled. Clean to remove.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Heavy ice build-up on coils of front refrigeration unit. Defrost to remove. Shelves containing potatoes bananas and onions visibly soiled. Clean to remove.
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No signage at back hand wash sink. Provide.
  Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • No signage at back hand wash sink. Provide.
• ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded • Light in Chilled juices upright refrigerator with no shield. Provide. Provide shields for all uncovered lights.
  Fixture's not properly shielded • Light in Chilled juices upright refrigerator with no shield. Provide. Provide shields for all uncovered lights.
• ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • Management not overseeing in the proper monitoring of expired food products and proper holding temperatures for meat filled pastalitos. Address.critical
  PIC Performing Duties • Management not overseeing in the proper monitoring of expired food products and proper holding temperatures for meat filled pastalitos. Address.

When was Bowdoin Market last inspected?

Bowdoin Market has 12 inspections on record going back to July 2, 2007.

Bowdoin 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 April 24, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.