Dumpling Cafe Inc.

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 29, 2024
• address693 Washington St, Boston 02116

Is Dumpling Cafe Inc. clean?

Dumpling Cafe Inc. is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 29, 2024. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Dumpling Cafe Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 29, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Plastic cup observed stored in cooked rice. Removed.
  In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Plastic cup observed stored in cooked rice. Removed.
• ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Multiple items in establishment without proper date marking. Date mark items held for longer than 24 hours.
  Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Multiple items in establishment without proper date marking. Date mark items held for longer than 24 hours.
• ⚠️Preventing Contamination from Hands (P) • Employee observed placing ready to eat cabbage on top of rice for a to go order with no gloves. Discarded. PIC spoke with employee.critical
  Preventing Contamination from Hands (P) • Employee observed placing ready to eat cabbage on top of rice for a to go order with no gloves. Discarded. PIC spoke with employee.
• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • No thermometer observed in stand up production line refrigerator. Provide.
  Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • No thermometer observed in stand up production line refrigerator. Provide.
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Food debris in slicer in basement. Clean to remove.
  (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Food debris in slicer in basement. Clean to remove.
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Under cookline equiptment is soiled with food debris. Clean to remove.
  Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Under cookline equiptment is soiled with food debris. Clean to remove.
• ⚠️Grease Trap(C) • Grease traps in basement are soiled. Clean to remove soils.
  Grease Trap(C) • Grease traps in basement are soiled. Clean to remove soils.
• ⚠️Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Excess items in alleyway. Remove all old equiptment and items from alley way.
  Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Excess items in alleyway. Remove all old equiptment and items from alley way.
• ⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C) • Backdoor has small gap in the bottom of the door. Seal to prevent potential pests.
  Outer Openings Protected (C) • Backdoor has small gap in the bottom of the door. Seal to prevent potential pests.
• ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • No paper towels at production line hand sink. Provide.
  Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • No paper towels at production line hand sink. Provide.
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Excess immature flies in multiple areas in basement. Rodent droppings observed in alleyway. Provide updated pest reports.
  Controlling Pests (Pf) • Excess immature flies in multiple areas in basement. Rodent droppings observed in alleyway. Provide updated pest reports.

When was Dumpling Cafe Inc. last inspected?

Dumpling Cafe Inc. has 68 inspections on record going back to August 19, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Dumpling Cafe Inc. vs Chinatown

Chinatown runs 85% clean across 307 tracked restaurants — 252 clean, 22 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 307 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 15% of them.

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• ✓ Chinatown Cafe
  clean · March 19, 2026
• ✕ Wing's Kitchen
  mid · July 20, 2021
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• ✓ Hava (Basement At Wilbur Theatre)
  clean · October 18, 2024
• ✓ Irashai Sushi And Teriyaki
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• ✓ Station Bar & Bistro
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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 August 29, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.