Dot Block Diner

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 14, 2026
• address1203 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02125

Is Dot Block Diner clean?

Dot Block Diner is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 14, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Dot Block Diner?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Not all food containers had labels please be sure all have labels.
  Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • Not all food containers had labels please be sure all have labels.
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Please discontinue to store tongs on oven door handles on the cooking line.
  In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Please discontinue to store tongs on oven door handles on the cooking line.
• ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • PIC will need to clean the hood filters on cooking line. Hood sticekr good until end of the month.
  Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • PIC will need to clean the hood filters on cooking line. Hood sticekr good until end of the month.
• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • PIC could not find the measuring disk or thermal strips for the high temperature dishwasher. Please provide
  Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • PIC could not find the measuring disk or thermal strips for the high temperature dishwasher. Please provide
• ⚠️PIC will need to post an Allergen certificate.
  PIC will need to post an Allergen certificate.

When was Dot Block Diner last inspected?

Dot Block Diner has 6 inspections on record going back to June 27, 2025.

Dot Block Diner vs Dorchester

Dorchester runs 85% clean across 542 tracked restaurants — 445 clean, 31 mid, 47 cooked.

Against the 542 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, 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 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.