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Dollar Tree
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 29, 2026
- address1230 Vfw Pw, West Roxbury 02132
Is Dollar Tree clean?
Dollar Tree is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 29, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Dollar Tree?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • Management not properly overseeing in pest management within the store. Address and provide more frequent pest control visitsmoving forward until further notice.(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • Management not properly overseeing in pest management within the store. Address and provide more frequent pest control visitsmoving forward until further notice.
- ⚠️Discarding or Reconditioning Unsafe Adulterated or Contaminated Food (P) • Bags of chips pet foods and other candies observed with gnaw markings. Address and remove all damaged goods from the sales floor and provide more frequent pest control visits.criticalDiscarding or Reconditioning Unsafe Adulterated or Contaminated Food (P) • Bags of chips pet foods and other candies observed with gnaw markings. Address and remove all damaged goods from the sales floor and provide more frequent pest control visits.
- ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • All affected storage shelves with rodent droppings to be properly cleaned and sanitized throughout the store to help minimize any current rodent activity.(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C) • All affected storage shelves with rodent droppings to be properly cleaned and sanitized throughout the store to help minimize any current rodent activity.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Floors of the back storage room as well asd the sales floor to be properly cleaned and sanitized.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Floors of the back storage room as well asd the sales floor to be properly cleaned and sanitized.
- ⚠️Exterior Walls and Roofs Protective Barrier (C) • Pallets of stocked/foods to be moved a minimum of 6 inches off the wall in order for pest control to do their job efficiently.Exterior Walls and Roofs Protective Barrier (C) • Pallets of stocked/foods to be moved a minimum of 6 inches off the wall in order for pest control to do their job efficiently.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Evidence of what appears to rodent droppings located where the bags of chips are stored. Address and provide a detailed IPM report for the re-inspection.Controlling Pests (Pf) • Evidence of what appears to rodent droppings located where the bags of chips are stored. Address and provide a detailed IPM report for the re-inspection.
- ⚠️Rodent Bait Stations (P) • Poison observed being left in the back storage room on trays. Discontinue the use of open poison in the store.criticalRodent Bait Stations (P) • Poison observed being left in the back storage room on trays. Discontinue the use of open poison in the store.
When was Dollar Tree last inspected?
Dollar Tree has 39 inspections on record going back to July 30, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 29, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 14, 2026 | closed by the city | |
| January 13, 2026 | — | |
| April 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 16, 2025 | — | |
| December 2, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 12, 2024 | Fail | |
| November 1, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 23, 2024 | — | |
| October 16, 2024 | — | |
| September 30, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 11, 2024 | Fail |
Dollar Tree vs West Roxbury
West Roxbury runs 86% clean across 201 tracked restaurants — 165 clean, 15 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 201 spots Cooked tracks in West Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 January 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.