• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 28, 2022 →
• address72 Brighton Av, Allston 02134

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Is Dolphin Bay clean?

Dolphin Bay is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 28, 2022. 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 Dolphin Bay?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 28, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf)
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C)
• ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)critical
• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C)
• ⚠️Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf)
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
• ⚠️(A) (B) and (D) Equipment Utensils Linens and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles Storing (C)
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf)
• ⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C)
• ⚠️flagged at inspection
• ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C)

Dolphin Bay inspection and administrative history

Dolphin Bay has 30 inspections on record going back to April 22, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Dolphin Bay vs Allston

Allston runs 88% clean across 492 tracked restaurants — 414 clean, 34 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 492 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.

Other spots in Allston

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  clean · May 21, 2026
• ✓ Bfresh
  clean · October 29, 2019
• ✓ Bfresh
  clean · March 15, 2019
• ✕ Bravo Pizza
  mid · March 3, 2016
• ✓ The Hot Spot
  clean · July 26, 2017
• ✕ Five Guys Burgers & Fries
  cooked · April 26, 2019

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 28, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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