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Dahlak Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 9, 2024
- address1127 Harrison Av, Roxbury 02119
Is Dahlak Restaurant clean?
Dahlak Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 9, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Dahlak Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 9, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Observed raw meat stored above ready to eat food in refrigerated unit. Discussed with PIC to always store raw vs ready to eat foods seperately in refrigerated units. Corrected on sitecriticalPackaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Observed raw meat stored above ready to eat food in refrigerated unit. Discussed with PIC to always store raw vs ready to eat foods seperately in refrigerated units. Corrected on site
- ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Observed heavy grease and food spills on cooking range / over head equipment and paper towel dispenser. Thoroughly clean to remove heavy grease(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • Observed heavy grease and food spills on cooking range / over head equipment and paper towel dispenser. Thoroughly clean to remove heavy grease
- ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Observed hand sink blocked. Discussed with PIC to maintain hand sink clear and accessible for handwashing only. Corrected on siteUsing a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Observed hand sink blocked. Discussed with PIC to maintain hand sink clear and accessible for handwashing only. Corrected on site
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Observed heavy grease on walls near cooking range. Thoroughly clean to remove all greaseFloors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Observed heavy grease on walls near cooking range. Thoroughly clean to remove all grease
When was Dahlak Restaurant last inspected?
Dahlak Restaurant has 13 inspections on record going back to October 19, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 29, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| February 10, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 2, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| December 8, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 30, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 28, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 21, 2022 | Fail | |
| December 28, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 21, 2021 | Pass |
Dahlak Restaurant vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 May 9, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.