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Dorchester Pizza & Fried Chicken
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 13, 2026
- address159 Washington St, Dorchester 02121
Is Dorchester Pizza & Fried Chicken clean?
Dorchester Pizza & Fried 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 Dorchester Pizza & Fried Chicken?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Food handler without hair restraint. Provide hat or hairnet for food handler.Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C) • Food handler without hair restraint. Provide hat or hairnet for food handler.
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Soiled cardboard box lining shelf at cookline. Discard cardboard. Use materials that are durable cleanable and non-absorbent.Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Soiled cardboard box lining shelf at cookline. Discard cardboard. Use materials that are durable cleanable and non-absorbent.
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (Pf) • No thermometer in display refrigerator. Provide thermometer for display refrigerator.Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (Pf) • No thermometer in display refrigerator. Provide thermometer for display refrigerator.
- ⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C) • Back door wide open. Close door or provide screen to prevent pests from entering.Outer Openings Protected (C) • Back door wide open. Close door or provide screen to prevent pests from entering.
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • No towels in bathroom. Provide towels to dry hands in bathroom.Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • No towels in bathroom. Provide towels to dry hands in bathroom.
- ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood sticker expired. Provide cleaning date.Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood sticker expired. Provide cleaning date.
When was Dorchester Pizza & Fried Chicken last inspected?
Dorchester Pizza & Fried Chicken has 5 inspections on record going back to December 22, 2025.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 13, 2026 | Pass | |
| July 6, 2026 | Fail | |
| January 23, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 5, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 22, 2025 | Fail |
Dorchester Pizza & Fried Chicken vs Roxbury
Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.
Against the 708 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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.