Ester

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 27, 2017 →
• address2261 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02124

Is Ester clean?

Ester is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 27, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Ester?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 27, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
• ⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof
• ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed

Ester inspection and administrative history

Ester has 13 inspections on record going back to March 31, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Ester vs Mattapan

Mattapan runs 76% clean across 294 tracked restaurants — 211 clean, 40 mid, 25 cooked.

Against the 294 spots Cooked tracks in Mattapan, 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.

Read the Boston ratings guide →

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 April 27, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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