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El Dugout
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 12, 2026
- address122 Seaver St, Dorchester 02121
Is El Dugout clean?
El Dugout is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 12, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Dugout?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention Device When Required (P) • Prep sink was observed improperly plumbing using PVC piping. Provide air gap on prep sink accordance with local pumbing and health code 2.25.26 Licensed Plumber Tony De las Paz has provided a proposal to complete the work on the prep sink and will require approximately two weeks for completion. All Other violations were correctedcriticalBackflow Prevention Device When Required (P) • Prep sink was observed improperly plumbing using PVC piping. Provide air gap on prep sink accordance with local pumbing and health code 2.25.26 Licensed Plumber Tony De las Paz has provided a proposal to complete the work on the prep sink and will require approximately two weeks for completion. All Other violations were corrected
When was El Dugout last inspected?
El Dugout has 68 inspections on record going back to October 3, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 16, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 25, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 18, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 20, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 18, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| April 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 25, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 17, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 25, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 18, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 13, 2024 | Pass |
El Dugout vs Roxbury
Roxbury runs 83% clean across 708 tracked restaurants — 559 clean, 69 mid, 49 cooked.
Against the 708 spots Cooked tracks in Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 May 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.