Cooked?
Caribbean Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 19, 2026
- address558 Washington St, Dorchester 02124
Is Caribbean Market clean?
Caribbean Market is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 19, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Caribbean Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 19, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Heavy food soils and evidence of mold observed in the stand up freezer. Clean to remove Food debris observed under multiple shelving units and refrigeration units. Clean to remove(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Heavy food soils and evidence of mold observed in the stand up freezer. Clean to remove Food debris observed under multiple shelving units and refrigeration units. Clean to remove
- ⚠️Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Observed mulitple can foods expired. check all shelved cans and jars and removed expired products.Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Observed mulitple can foods expired. check all shelved cans and jars and removed expired products.
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Heavy debris observed in the rear storage room and basement of establishment. Clean to removeMaintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Heavy debris observed in the rear storage room and basement of establishment. Clean to remove
- ⚠️Prohibiting Animals (Pf) • Observed a cat laying on the counter. Remove and discontinue harboring animals inside of location.Prohibiting Animals (Pf) • Observed a cat laying on the counter. Remove and discontinue harboring animals inside of location.
When was Caribbean Market last inspected?
Caribbean Market has 18 inspections on record going back to December 12, 2019. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 19, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 12, 2026 | Fail | |
| May 12, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 2, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 4, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 15, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 16, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2022 | Fail | |
| May 2, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2022 | Fail | |
| November 10, 2021 | Pass |
Caribbean 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.
Other spots in Dorchester
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 February 19, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.