Douzo Japanese Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 19, 2026
• address131 Dartmouth St, Boston 02116

Is Douzo Japanese Restaurant clean?

Douzo Japanese Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 19, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Douzo Japanese Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 19, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • Allergen awareness certificate expired. Provide current.
  (A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • Allergen awareness certificate expired. Provide current.
• ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw chicken above fish in cookline reach in cooler. Corrected on site.critical
  Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Raw chicken above fish in cookline reach in cooler. Corrected on site.
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Several food employees wetting wiping cloths in handsink and wiping food contact surface (cutting boards) Store wiping cloths in approved sanitizer between uses.
  Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Several food employees wetting wiping cloths in handsink and wiping food contact surface (cutting boards) Store wiping cloths in approved sanitizer between uses.
• ⚠️Reduced Oxygen Packaging Criteria (Pf) • Establishment is ROP packaging raw lamb with other marinate. Product voluntarily discarded. Discontinue ROP packaging of foods without a HACCP plan and variance. Remove all ROP equipment unless approved by ISD Health.
  Reduced Oxygen Packaging Criteria (Pf) • Establishment is ROP packaging raw lamb with other marinate. Product voluntarily discarded. Discontinue ROP packaging of foods without a HACCP plan and variance. Remove all ROP equipment unless approved by ISD Health.
• ⚠️Warewashing Machines Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • Temperature gauges on high temperature dish machine are not labeled and they are inoperable when unit is run for a cycle. Repair.
  Warewashing Machines Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • Temperature gauges on high temperature dish machine are not labeled and they are inoperable when unit is run for a cycle. Repair.
• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • No irreversible indicator for high temp dish machine. Provide.
  Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • No irreversible indicator for high temp dish machine. Provide.
• ⚠️Conformance with Approved Procedures (Pf) • Rice logs have not been completed since February 2026. Retrain staff. Test rice daily.
  Conformance with Approved Procedures (Pf) • Rice logs have not been completed since February 2026. Retrain staff. Test rice daily.
• ⚠️Anti-Choking • 590.011 Choke save certificate expired. Provide current.
  Anti-Choking • 590.011 Choke save certificate expired. Provide current.

When was Douzo Japanese Restaurant last inspected?

Douzo Japanese Restaurant has 89 inspections on record going back to August 22, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Douzo Japanese Restaurant vs South End

South End runs 80% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 489 clean, 61 mid, 65 cooked.

Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 March 19, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.