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Dumpling King
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 17, 2026
- address40 Harrison Av, Boston 02111
Is Dumpling King clean?
Dumpling King is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 17, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Dumpling King?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️The posted Allergen awareness certificate has expired.Provide a current certificate from a full time employee.The posted Allergen awareness certificate has expired.Provide a current certificate from a full time employee.
When was Dumpling King last inspected?
Dumpling King has 59 inspections on record going back to June 27, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 17, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 9, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 1, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 27, 2025 | — | |
| March 6, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 27, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 21, 2024 | — | |
| February 27, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 20, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 19, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 30, 2023 | — | |
| January 9, 2023 | Pass |
Dumpling King vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 April 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.