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Flat Black Coffee Co. Ltd.
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 8, 2026
- address1170 Washington St, Dorchester 02124
Is Flat Black Coffee Co. Ltd. clean?
Flat Black Coffee Co. Ltd. is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 8, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Flat Black Coffee Co. Ltd.?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • Missing Servesafe Certificate. Provide a copy via email and post as required.(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • Missing Servesafe Certificate. Provide a copy via email and post as required.
- ⚠️Allergen certificate missing. Provide and postAllergen certificate missing. Provide and post
When was Flat Black Coffee Co. Ltd. last inspected?
Flat Black Coffee Co. Ltd. has 55 inspections on record going back to February 26, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 8, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 1, 2026 | Fail | |
| August 27, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 14, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 6, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| June 27, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 21, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 16, 2024 | — | |
| February 6, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — |
Flat Black Coffee Co. Ltd. vs Mattapan
Mattapan runs 77% clean across 299 tracked restaurants — 217 clean, 38 mid, 26 cooked.
Against the 299 spots Cooked tracks in Mattapan, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.