Dunkin Donuts

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 24, 2026
• address344 Washington St, Brighton 02135

Is Dunkin Donuts clean?

Dunkin Donuts is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 24, 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 Donuts?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • At the sandwich station cooler avocado spread 58F cooked egg 60F sausage patty 60F cream cheese 60F tested all drawers and all TCS foods are at elevated temperatures. The person in charge states the food items had been moved to the sandwich cooler within the last 2 hours and was able to remove all the foods to cold holding units in the basement that are working properly. A service call was placed while the inspection was ongoing; hold TCS foods at 41F and below.critical
  (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • At the sandwich station cooler avocado spread 58F cooked egg 60F sausage patty 60F cream cheese 60F tested all drawers and all TCS foods are at elevated temperatures. The person in charge states the food items had been moved to the sandwich cooler within the last 2 hours and was able to remove all the foods to cold holding units in the basement that are working properly. A service call was placed while the inspection was ongoing; hold TCS foods at 41F and below.
• ⚠️Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • The establishment's food thermometer would not function due to not having any batteries; provide a working food thermometer at all times in the establishment. The area manager brought batteries from another store.
  Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • The establishment's food thermometer would not function due to not having any batteries; provide a working food thermometer at all times in the establishment. The area manager brought batteries from another store.
• ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • The gasket for the reach in unit below hot chocolate machine is torn; repair or replace the gasket.
  Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • The gasket for the reach in unit below hot chocolate machine is torn; repair or replace the gasket.
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • In the closet next to the front entrance there is a hole in the wall at the door handle level; repair or replace the wall.
  Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • In the closet next to the front entrance there is a hole in the wall at the door handle level; repair or replace the wall.
• ⚠️Provide signage stating "A copy of the most recent health inspection is available to view upon request."
  Provide signage stating "A copy of the most recent health inspection is available to view upon request."

When was Dunkin Donuts last inspected?

Dunkin Donuts has 24 inspections on record going back to January 12, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Dunkin Donuts vs Brighton

Brighton runs 83% clean across 486 tracked restaurants — 393 clean, 43 mid, 35 cooked.

Against the 486 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.