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First Choice Mkt.
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 9, 2026
- address185 Howard Av, Dorchester 02125
Is First Choice Mkt. clean?
First Choice Mkt. is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 9, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at First Choice Mkt.?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Slush scoops stored in 70F water. Store scoops clean and dry.In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Slush scoops stored in 70F water. Store scoops clean and dry.
- ⚠️Food Labels (Pf) • Frozen fish for sale without label. Properly label all foods for sale.Food Labels (Pf) • Frozen fish for sale without label. Properly label all foods for sale.
- ⚠️Compliance with Food Law (P) • Cheese for sale purchased from retail grocery store- Price Rite. Discontinue selling foods from retail stores. Purchase only from licensed wholesaler.criticalCompliance with Food Law (P) • Cheese for sale purchased from retail grocery store- Price Rite. Discontinue selling foods from retail stores. Purchase only from licensed wholesaler.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils and debris behind chip racks. Clean to avoid attracting pests.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Soils and debris behind chip racks. Clean to avoid attracting pests.
- ⚠️Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Expired foods for sale- milk taco kit stuffing mix. Remove expired foods from retail shelves.Segregation and Location-Distressed Merchandise (Pf) • Expired foods for sale- milk taco kit stuffing mix. Remove expired foods from retail shelves.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Cat and littler box observed in basement. Remove cat to home. Do not keep animals on premises.Controlling Pests (Pf) • Cat and littler box observed in basement. Remove cat to home. Do not keep animals on premises.
When was First Choice Mkt. last inspected?
First Choice Mkt. has 37 inspections on record going back to November 7, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 9, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 1, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 7, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 27, 2025 | — | |
| March 13, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 6, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 3, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 25, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 9, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 26, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 28, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — |
First Choice Mkt. 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 June 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.