Cooked?
Express Depot
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 22, 2013
- address145 Dartmouth St, Boston 02116
Is Express Depot clean?
Express Depot is currently listed as closed by Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, as of its inspection on August 22, 2013. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Express Depot?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 22, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 1) cabinets and counter with heavy debris and dusts clean to remove 2) customer shelving for packaged goods with heavy dust build up clean to remove 3) novelty ice cream chest with heavy dust and soils clean to remove or replaceNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 1) cabinets and counter with heavy debris and dusts clean to remove 2) customer shelving for packaged goods with heavy dust build up clean to remove 3) novelty ice cream chest with heavy dust and soils clean to remove or replace
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • floors with dusts and debris clean to removeImproper Maintenance of Floors • floors with dusts and debris clean to remove
- ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • hole in wall repairWalls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • hole in wall repair
When was Express Depot last inspected?
Express Depot has 24 inspections on record going back to April 30, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 15, 2014 | closed by the city | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| September 6, 2013 | — | |
| August 22, 2013 | Fail | |
| November 5, 2012 | — | |
| May 31, 2012 | Pass | |
| May 17, 2012 | Fail | |
| November 7, 2011 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2011 | Fail | |
| October 24, 2011 | Fail | |
| June 2, 2011 | — | |
| March 19, 2010 | Pass |
Express Depot vs South End
South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.
Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 August 22, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.