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First Choice Market
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 16, 2018
- address185 Howard Av, Dorchester 02125
Is First Choice Market clean?
First Choice Market is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 16, 2018. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at First Choice Market?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 16, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Protection • Boxes of potatoes stored on floor elevate 6 to 8" or higher.Food Protection • Boxes of potatoes stored on floor elevate 6 to 8" or higher.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Remove milkcrates as shelving and provide commercial food service shelving.Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Remove milkcrates as shelving and provide commercial food service shelving.
- ⚠️Toilet Enclosed Clean • Repair opening in ceiling inside restroom.Toilet Enclosed Clean • Repair opening in ceiling inside restroom.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floor below dairy walk in cooler to remove visible soil.Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floor below dairy walk in cooler to remove visible soil.
When was First Choice Market last inspected?
First Choice Market has 14 inspections on record going back to October 30, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| October 16, 2018 | Pass | |
| October 9, 2018 | Fail | |
| March 28, 2018 | — | |
| March 21, 2018 | Fail | |
| October 25, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 19, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 31, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 24, 2016 | Fail | |
| January 29, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 27, 2016 | Fail | |
| May 15, 2015 | Pass |
First Choice Market 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 October 16, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.