Cooked?
Dollar Express
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 18, 2016
- address626 Dorchester Av, South Boston 02127
Is Dollar Express clean?
Dollar Express is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 18, 2016. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Dollar Express?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 18, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • Replace where neededEquipment Thermometers • Replace where needed
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean bottom of all refrigeration units especially the runners from all visible soilsNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean bottom of all refrigeration units especially the runners from all visible soils
- ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed • Repair broken floor tiles where neededFloors Designed Constructed Installed • Repair broken floor tiles where needed
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floors throughout the entire business from visible soilsImproper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floors throughout the entire business from visible soils
- ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • Replace missing and /damaged ceiling tiles where neededWalls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • Replace missing and /damaged ceiling tiles where needed
- ⚠️PIC Knowledge • No 2016 health permit -unpaid feecriticalPIC Knowledge • No 2016 health permit -unpaid fee
When was Dollar Express last inspected?
Dollar Express has 7 inspections on record going back to November 18, 2013.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| March 25, 2016 | closed by the city | |
| March 18, 2016 | Fail | |
| August 5, 2015 | Pass | |
| February 12, 2015 | — | |
| February 24, 2014 | Pass | |
| November 18, 2013 | Pass |
Dollar Express 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 6% 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 March 18, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.