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Fresh Food Generation
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 2, 2025
- address191 Talbot Av, Dorchester 02124
Is Fresh Food Generation clean?
Fresh Food Generation is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 2, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Fresh Food Generation?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Storage Prohibited Areas (C) • Boxes of meats and other foods observed being stored on the ground of the walk-in cooler/freezer. Discontinue and ensure all foods are being stored elevated a minimumof 6 inches off the ground.Food Storage Prohibited Areas (C) • Boxes of meats and other foods observed being stored on the ground of the walk-in cooler/freezer. Discontinue and ensure all foods are being stored elevated a minimumof 6 inches off the ground.
- ⚠️(A )Cooling Methods (Pf) • Cooked salmon inside of the under the gril top cooler at 53F. Address and ensure all TCS foods are being properly cooler prior to being placed into the coolers. Salmon was placed back into a blast chiller at the time of the visit.(A )Cooling Methods (Pf) • Cooked salmon inside of the under the gril top cooler at 53F. Address and ensure all TCS foods are being properly cooler prior to being placed into the coolers. Salmon was placed back into a blast chiller at the time of the visit.
- ⚠️(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cooked chicken inside of the upright hot holding unit at 115F. Discontinue and ensure all TCS foods are being maintaine at 135F and above. All other foods inside of the unit were at above 135F. Chicken to be reheated to 165F to ensure no bacterial growth.critical(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Cooked chicken inside of the upright hot holding unit at 115F. Discontinue and ensure all TCS foods are being maintaine at 135F and above. All other foods inside of the unit were at above 135F. Chicken to be reheated to 165F to ensure no bacterial growth.
When was Fresh Food Generation last inspected?
Fresh Food Generation has 21 inspections on record going back to October 5, 2021. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 22, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 15, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 3, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 14, 2023 | Fail | |
| April 19, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 12, 2023 | Fail | |
| April 5, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — |
Fresh Food Generation 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 September 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.