Fish Shack

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 20, 2021
• address312 Bowdoin St, Dorchester 02125

Is Fish Shack clean?

Fish Shack is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 20, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Fish Shack?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 20, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • PIC will need to provide a vomit clean up kit as discussed. It also know as a blood pathogen kit.
  Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • PIC will need to provide a vomit clean up kit as discussed. It also know as a blood pathogen kit.
• ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Please clean the large bulk food container in kitchen. Visibly soiled. Clean shelves in kitchen. Repalce caulking at prep sink for fish. Moldy.
  Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Please clean the large bulk food container in kitchen. Visibly soiled. Clean shelves in kitchen. Repalce caulking at prep sink for fish. Moldy.
• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Food-Accuracy (Pf) • Provide a food thermometer to be able to check the internal temperature of cooked and uncooked food.
  Temperature Measuring Devices Food-Accuracy (Pf) • Provide a food thermometer to be able to check the internal temperature of cooked and uncooked food.
• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Provide a thermometer for each of the refrigeration units.
  Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C) • Provide a thermometer for each of the refrigeration units.
• ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • PIC will need to provide a test strips for the sanitizer going to be used in the three bay sink.
  Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • PIC will need to provide a test strips for the sanitizer going to be used in the three bay sink.
• ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (P) • PIC will need to have three working drain plugs in three bay sink.critical
  System Maintained in Good Repair (P) • PIC will need to have three working drain plugs in three bay sink.
• ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • PIC will need to repair floor in walk in. Floor at this time was breaking up and had loose cement all over. PIC will need to replace missing ceiling tiles in kitchen and replace peeling ceiling tiles above fish prep sink as discussed.
  Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C) • PIC will need to repair floor in walk in. Floor at this time was breaking up and had loose cement all over. PIC will need to replace missing ceiling tiles in kitchen and replace peeling ceiling tiles above fish prep sink as discussed.
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean floor under and behind cooking equipment and refrigeration. Clean light cover above prep sink for fish at front counter.
  Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean floor under and behind cooking equipment and refrigeration. Clean light cover above prep sink for fish at front counter.
• ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • PIC will need to provide paper towels at hand sink in kitchen. And holder.
  Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • PIC will need to provide paper towels at hand sink in kitchen. And holder.
• ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • PIC will need to clean up basement under stair and any other area of equioment that is not in use because its not working.
  Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • PIC will need to clean up basement under stair and any other area of equioment that is not in use because its not working.
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Repair leaking hand sink at front counter.
  Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Repair leaking hand sink at front counter.

When was Fish Shack last inspected?

Fish Shack has 3 inspections on record going back to July 19, 2021.

Fish Shack vs Dorchester

Dorchester runs 85% clean across 542 tracked restaurants — 445 clean, 31 mid, 47 cooked.

Against the 542 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 July 20, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.