• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 22, 2009 →
• address112 Savin Hill Av, Dorchester 02125

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Is C.F. Donovan's clean?

C.F. Donovan's is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 22, 2009. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at C.F. Donovan's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 22, 2009, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Cold Holdingcritical
• ⚠️PHF's Properly Thawed
• ⚠️Food Protection
• ⚠️Food Utensil Storage
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
• ⚠️Inadequate Lighting

C.F. Donovan's inspection and administrative history

C.F. Donovan's has 9 inspections on record going back to July 16, 2008.

C.F. Donovan's vs Dorchester

Dorchester runs 85% clean across 525 tracked restaurants — 429 clean, 33 mid, 44 cooked.

Against the 525 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated July 22, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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