Dunkin Donut

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 28, 2026 →
• address326 Congress St, Boston 02210

Is Dunkin Donut clean?

Dunkin Donut is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 28, 2026. 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 Dunkin Donut?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf)
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)critical
• ⚠️Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf)
• ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
• ⚠️Equipment and Utensils Air-Drying Required (C)
• ⚠️(A) (B) and (D) Equipment Utensils Linens and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles Storing (C)
• ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C)
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)

Dunkin Donut inspection and administrative history

Dunkin Donut has 45 inspections on record going back to August 22, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

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Dunkin Donut vs Leather District

Leather District runs 88% clean across 185 tracked restaurants — 149 clean, 8 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 185 spots Cooked tracks in Leather District, this one comes out cleaner than 3% of them.

Other spots in Leather District

• ✓ South St. Diner
  clean · May 15, 2026
• ✓ Suishaya Restaurant
  clean · December 31, 2019
• ? J.B. Scoops
  cooked · September 25, 2008
• ✓ Taiwan Cafe
  clean · August 1, 2011
• ✓ Lucky's
  clean · May 29, 2026
• ✓ Trattoria Andiamo
  clean · May 11, 2015

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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