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Cool Shade Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 27, 2026
- address388 Blue Hill Av, Dorchester 02121
Is Cool Shade Restaurant clean?
Cool Shade Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 27, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cool Shade Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention Air Gap (P) • Food prep sink/provide proper air gap to sink drain. Please provide a plumbers report and a permit to do work will need to be pulled so it can be inspected. 2.4.26 the plumbing inspector comfirmed that the permit has been pulled and work is scheduled to be completed this weekcriticalBackflow Prevention Air Gap (P) • Food prep sink/provide proper air gap to sink drain. Please provide a plumbers report and a permit to do work will need to be pulled so it can be inspected. 2.4.26 the plumbing inspector comfirmed that the permit has been pulled and work is scheduled to be completed this week
- ⚠️Removing Dead or Trapped Birds Insects Rodents and other Pest (C) • Evidence of dead roachiy noted during the compliance visit. 2.12.26 No evidence or activity noted during the compliance visit. A1 Exterminators Integrated Pest Management was on site 2.11.2026 found 1 catches Please provide another pest control report showing no catches no activity.Removing Dead or Trapped Birds Insects Rodents and other Pest (C) • Evidence of dead roachiy noted during the compliance visit. 2.12.26 No evidence or activity noted during the compliance visit. A1 Exterminators Integrated Pest Management was on site 2.11.2026 found 1 catches Please provide another pest control report showing no catches no activity.
When was Cool Shade Restaurant last inspected?
Cool Shade Restaurant has 20 inspections on record going back to June 14, 2023. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 6, 2026 | — | |
| February 27, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 12, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 4, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 28, 2026 | — | |
| January 20, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 12, 2025 | — | |
| October 29, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 28, 2025 | — | |
| February 20, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 18, 2024 | Pass |
Cool Shade Restaurant vs Roxbury
Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.
Against the 708 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 February 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.