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Dot Cafe
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 22, 2018
- address1459 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02122
Is Dot Cafe clean?
Dot Cafe is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 22, 2018. 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 Dot Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 22, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Replace all heavily scorded and grooved cutting boards.Food Contact Surfaces Design • Replace all heavily scorded and grooved cutting boards.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Provide additional Prep table.Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Provide additional Prep table.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean inbetween sides and backsplash to cooking equipment to remove visible soil. • Clean interior of freezer to remove visible soil.Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean inbetween sides and backsplash to cooking equipment to remove visible soil. • Clean interior of freezer to remove visible soil.
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Evidence of mice droppings on dry storage shelving at rear storage area.Insects Rodents Animals • Evidence of mice droppings on dry storage shelving at rear storage area.
- ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed • Clean floor below cooking equipment to remove visible soil.Floors Designed Constructed Installed • Clean floor below cooking equipment to remove visible soil.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Pest proof rear exit door to prevent entry of pest. Clean grease trap to remove visible.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Pest proof rear exit door to prevent entry of pest. Clean grease trap to remove visible.
- ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • No allergen awareness certification for current person in charge provide.criticalPIC Performing Duties • No allergen awareness certification for current person in charge provide.
When was Dot Cafe last inspected?
Dot Cafe has 9 inspections on record going back to August 16, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| July 3, 2018 | — | |
| June 22, 2018 | Fail | |
| February 15, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 2, 2018 | — | |
| January 25, 2018 | Fail | |
| October 2, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 23, 2017 | Fail | |
| August 16, 2017 | Fail |
Dot Cafe 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 8% 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 June 22, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.