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Dave's Hot Chicken
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 13, 2026
- address1260 Boylston St, Boston 02215
Is Dave's Hot Chicken clean?
Dave's Hot Chicken is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 13, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Dave's Hot Chicken?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on July 13, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Dave's Hot Chicken last inspected?
Dave's Hot Chicken has 10 inspections on record going back to January 29, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 13, 2026 | Pass | |
| July 9, 2026 | Pass | |
| July 9, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 22, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 27, 2025 | — | |
| June 5, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 29, 2025 | Fail | |
| February 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 14, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 29, 2025 | Pass |
Dave's Hot Chicken vs Fenway
Fenway runs 89% clean across 433 tracked restaurants — 379 clean, 23 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 433 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.