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Dug Out Cafe Inc
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 21, 2025
- address722 Commonwealth Av, Boston 02115
Is Dug Out Cafe Inc clean?
Dug Out Cafe Inc is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 21, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Dug Out Cafe Inc?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Manual Warewashing Equipment Hot Water Sanitization Temperatures (P) • Low temp dish machine does not register anu sanitizer levels. Repair.criticalManual Warewashing Equipment Hot Water Sanitization Temperatures (P) • Low temp dish machine does not register anu sanitizer levels. Repair.
- ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C) • Cutting board heavily scored and soiled. Resurface and clean properly or replace.Cutting Surfaces (C) • Cutting board heavily scored and soiled. Resurface and clean properly or replace.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Shelves at prep and storage area soiled. Clean properly. Exterior of several equipment/refrigerator units soiled. Clean all properly. Flip-top freezer with thick layers of ice. Remove and clean properly.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Shelves at prep and storage area soiled. Clean properly. Exterior of several equipment/refrigerator units soiled. Clean all properly. Flip-top freezer with thick layers of ice. Remove and clean properly.
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Several not in use utensils/equipment soiled. Clean properly or remove.Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Several not in use utensils/equipment soiled. Clean properly or remove.
- ⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Floors under equipment and wall soiled. Clean properly.Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Floors under equipment and wall soiled. Clean properly.
When was Dug Out Cafe Inc last inspected?
Dug Out Cafe Inc has 35 inspections on record going back to April 30, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 21, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 9, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 10, 2024 | — | |
| January 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| December 5, 2023 | Fail | |
| November 27, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| October 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 6, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| September 8, 2021 | — |
Dug Out Cafe Inc vs Fenway
Fenway runs 89% clean across 433 tracked restaurants — 379 clean, 23 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 433 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 October 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.