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Carver Den
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 30, 2025
- address80 Talbot Av, Dorchester 02124
Is Carver Den clean?
Carver Den is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 30, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Carver Den?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • There is no proof on site of a vomit/diarrhea clean up kit.Provide kit (procedures to be emailed to the PIC)Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • There is no proof on site of a vomit/diarrhea clean up kit.Provide kit (procedures to be emailed to the PIC)
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Provide labels on all bulk storage containers.Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Provide labels on all bulk storage containers.
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Provide chlorine test kitSanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Provide chlorine test kit
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Provide paper towels at the kitchen handwas sink.Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • Provide paper towels at the kitchen handwas sink.
- ⚠️Intensity-Lighting (C) • There are light bulbs out above the cook line.Replace bulbsIntensity-Lighting (C) • There are light bulbs out above the cook line.Replace bulbs
- ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • The hood sticker has expired on 12.5.24.Provide a proper hood cleaning from a licensed company.Post new sticker (PIC stating appt is on 7.17.25)Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • The hood sticker has expired on 12.5.24.Provide a proper hood cleaning from a licensed company.Post new sticker (PIC stating appt is on 7.17.25)
- ⚠️Common Name-Working Containers (Pf) • Provide labels on all chemical spray bottles.Common Name-Working Containers (Pf) • Provide labels on all chemical spray bottles.
When was Carver Den last inspected?
Carver Den has 35 inspections on record going back to November 20, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 16, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 18, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 20, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| December 30, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 14, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| December 3, 2021 | Pass | |
| December 18, 2020 | — |
Carver Den vs Mattapan
Mattapan runs 77% clean across 299 tracked restaurants — 217 clean, 38 mid, 26 cooked.
Against the 299 spots Cooked tracks in Mattapan, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.